English

call

/kɔːl/
To request, summon, or beckon.

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    Origin

    From Middle English callen, from Old English ċeallian (“to call, shout”) and Old Norse kalla (“to call; shout; refer to as; name”); both from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną (“to call, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *golH-so- (“voice, cry”), from *gel(H)- (“to vocalize, call, shout”).

    Cognates

    * Scots call, caw, ca (“to call, cry, shout”)

    * Dutch kallen (“to chat, talk”)

    * German Low German kallen (“to speak, talk”)

    * German kallen (“to call”)

    * Swedish kalla (“to call, refer to, beckon”)

    * Norwegian kalle (“to call, name”)

    * Danish kalde (“to call, name”)

    * Icelandic kalla (“to call, shout, name”)

    * Welsh galw (“to call, demand”)

    * Polish głos (“voice”)

    * Lithuanian gal̃sas (“echo”)

    * Russian голос (golos, “voice”)

    * Albanian gjuhë (“language, tongue”).

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    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishcallen
      • inheritedOld English*callian
        • derivedOld Englishceallian
          • inheritedProto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
            • inheritedProto-Germanic*kalzōną “to call, shout”
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*golH-so- “voice, cry”
                • derivedProto-Indo-European*gel

    Related: Scots call, Dutch kallen, German Low German kallen, German kallen, Swedish kalla, Norwegian kalle, Danish kalde, Icelandic kalla, Welsh galw, Polish głos, Lithuanian gal̃sas, Russian голос, Albanian gjuhë

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