Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hulōną, *halōną, *haljaną ‎(“to call, fetch, summon”), from a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *kel- ‎(“to drive”) and Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‎(“to shout, call”). Cognate with Old Frisian halia ‎(“to get, drive home, take”), Middle Dutch and Dutch halen, Old Saxon geholian, halōn ‎(“to get”), Old High German halōn, holōn ‎(“to get, fetch”) (German holen), Latin celer ‎(“swift”), Latin calo ‎(“I call, summon”). Related to Old English healdan ‎(“to grasp, hold, retain”). More at accelerate, claim, hold.