hailstone
noun/ˈheɪlstoʊn/US
Etymology
From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail + stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”).
- inherited from *haglastainaz✻
- inherited from *haglastain✻
- inherited from hailston
Definitions
A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
A surname.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hailstone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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