Etymograph

English

call

Call comes from Middle English callen ‘to call’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kalzōną‘to call’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kalʀōnreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150ceallian‘to call’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150*callianreconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500callen‘to call’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1598–1599call

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kalzōną‘to call’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kalʀōnreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150ceallian‘to call’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150*callianreconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500callen‘to call’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1598–1599call

Earliest quotation: 1598–1599, William Shakespeare: “If you heare a child crie in the night…”

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną

Today it means

verb To request, summon, or beckon.

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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kalzōną / call

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