Call
late Old English ceallian, from Old Norse kalla ‘summon loudly’.
wiktionary
From Middle English callen, from Old English ceallian(“to call, shout”) and Old Norse kalla(“to call; shout; refer to as; name”); both from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną(“to call, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal(o)s-, *glōs-, *golH-so-(“voice, cry”). Cognate with Scots call, caw, ca(“to call, cry, shout”), Dutch kallen(“to chat, talk”), German dialectal kallen(“to talk; talk loudly or too much”), Swedish kalla(“to call, refer to, beckon”), Norwegian kalle(“to call, name”), Icelandic kalla(“to call, shout, name”), Welsh galw(“to call, demand”), Polish głos(“voice”), Lithuanian gal̃sas(“echo”), Russian голос(golos, “voice”), Albanian gjuhë(“language, tongue”).
etymonline
call (v.)
mid-13c., "to cry out; call for, summon, invoke; ask for, demand, order; give a name to, apply by way of designation," from Old Norse kalla "to cry loudly, summon in a loud voice; name, call by name," from Proto-Germanic *kall- (source also of Middle Dutch kallen "to speak, say, tell," Dutch kallen "to talk, chatter," Old High German kallon "to speak loudly, call"), from PIE root *gal- "to call, shout." Related: Called; calling.
Old English cognate ceallian "to shout, utter in a loud voice" was rare, the usual word being clipian (source of Middle English clepe, yclept). Old English also had hropan hruofan, cognate of German rufen. Coin-toss sense is from 1801; card-playing sense "demand that the hands be shown" is from 1670s; poker sense "match or raise a bet" is by 1889. Meaning "to make a short stop or visit" (Middle English) was literally "to stand at the door and call." Telephone sense is from 1882.
To call for "demand, require" is from 1530s (earlier in this sense was call after, c. 1400). To call (something) back "revoke" is from 1550s. To call (something) off "cancel" is by 1888; earlier call off meant "summon away, divert" (1630s). To call (someone) names is from 1590s. To call out someone to fight (1823) corresponds to French provoquer. To call it a night "go to bed" is from 1919.
call (n.)
early 14c., "a loud cry, an outcry," also "a summons, an invitation," from call (v.). From 1580s as "a summons" (by bugle, drum, etc.) to military men to perform some duty; from 1680s as "the cry or note of a bird." Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862; meaning "a communication by telephone" is from 1878. From 1670s as "requirement, duty, right," hence, colloquially, "occasion, cause."
