Etymology Dictionary

CALL,  to cry aloud.  (E.)   M.E. callen, kallen; Havelok, 2897.—A.S. ceallian, to call, Grein, i. 158; an older form must have been callian, as seen in the compound hilde-calla, a herald, lit. a 'war-caller,' Grein, ii. 73. + Icel. and Swed. kalla, to call. + Dan. kalde, to call. + Du. kallen, to talk, chatter. + O.H.G. challon, M.H.G. kallen, to call, speak loudly, chatter.   B. These words have no relation whatever to Gk. καλεῖν (a supposition at once disproved by a knowledge of the laws of Aryan sounds), but are allied to Gk. γηρύειν, to speak, proclaim, Skt. gar, to call, seen in the derivative grí, to call.—✔GAR, to call.   See Curtius, i. 217; Benfey, p. 270; Fick, i. 72.   Der. call-er; call-ing, sb., an occupation, that to which one is called.