#Semitic *√ḤLL “free, profane, open?” appears in:
- elēlu
“become pure”
- ḥall 𐎈𐎍 “profane”
- ḥillala 𐎈𐎍𐎍 “to purify, clean, return to profane”
- ḥōl חֹל “profane”
- ḥillēl חִלֵּל “to desecrate”
- ? ḥālāl חָלָל “space”
- ? ḥallōn חַלּוֹן “window”
- ḥallāla ܚܲܠܵܠܵܐ “licit”
- halāl ܗܲܠܵܠ “lawful” (arabic?)
- ḥalla “to be lawful, to free” >?north african ḥəll “to open”
- ḥalāl “licit, Halal”