ᴹQ. hala n. “(small) fish” (Category: Fish)
A noun for “fish” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶skala under the root ᴹ√SKAL² “small fish” (Ety/SKAL²). This replaced an earlier derivation from ᴹ✶khala under the deleted entry for the root ᴹ√KHAL¹ “(small) fish” (Ety/KHAL¹).
References ✧ Ety/KHAL¹, SKAL²; EtyAC/KHAL¹
Glosses
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√KHAL¹ > hala | [kʰala] > [xala] > [hala] | ✧ Ety/KHAL¹ |
| ᴹ√SKAL² > hala | [skala] > [xala] > [hala] | ✧ Ety/SKAL² |
| ᴹ✶khala > hala | [kʰala] > [xala] > [hala] | ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹ |