n. (vbl. n.)
'summons'
(Modern English calling)Formed in English on calle (v.).
PGmc Ancestor
*kall- or *kalz-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
kalla (v.) ‘to call, cry, shout; send for; say; claim; name’
(ONP kalla (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far kalla, Icel kalla, Norw kalla, Dan kalde, Sw kalla
OE Cognate
cp. hildecalla (n.) ‘war herald’
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
C1a
(C5)
Attested from c. 1300 and widespread from the 15c. onwards.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 1362