haler

Meaning

to haul, tow

Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.le/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle French haler, from Old French haler (“to pull, haul”), from Frankish *halōn (“to haul, drag, fetch”) (also Old Dutch *halōn), from Proto-Germanic *halōną, *halēną, *hulōną (“to call, fetch, summon”), a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *kelə- (“to lift”) and Proto-Indo-European *(s)kale-, *klā-, *klē- (“to shout, call”). Cognate with Old Frisian halia (“to get, drive home, take”), Old Saxon halōn (“to get”), Old High German halōn, holōn (“to get, fetch”) (German holen), Old English ġeholian (“to get, obtain”). More at haul.

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