Roots/*gʰreh₂d-gʰreh₂d-“frozen pellets from sky, hail”DebatedweatherhailRoot of Old English hagol "hail", Germanic *haglaz, yielding English hail, hailstone.Related Roots(H)meyǵʰ-“to urinate, to mist”(s)teh₂n-“to thunder”(s)tenh₂-“to crash, to thunder”bʰleh₁-s-“to blow, to blast”bʰleḱ-“to flash, lightning flash”dʰewh₂-“to flow, to run in drops”dʰweyh₂-mn̥“smoke, vapor rising from fire”gel-“cold, to freeze”