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English word hall comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnó-, Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-, and later Proto-Germanic *halluz (A rock; stone; boulder. A rockface; cliff.)
*ḱelnó- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ḱer- (Proto-Indo-European)
*(s)kel- (Proto-Indo-European)
to be obliged, be beholden to, owe, be guilty, to lean, bend; joint, to be guilty, be obligated, owe, to cut, to cut, trim, to crook, bend, to be obligated, owe, be guilty
*halluz (Proto-Germanic)
A rock; stone; boulder. A rockface; cliff.
*hallō (Proto-Germanic)
Hall.
heall (Old English)
A hall; residence. A large room forming part of a residence, in which the social and public affairs of the household are conducted.
halle (Middle English)
hall (English)
(obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd.. A building providing student accommodation at a university.. A corridor; a hallway.. A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).. A meeting room.. The principal room of a secular medieval building.