Words that come from Old Norse Hel

15 words across 8 languages descend from Old Norse Hel — including helvete, helviti, helvíti, helvítis, helvískur, helvetinkone, helvetti, helvetisti.

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Finnish (5)

Icelandic (3)

Old Norse (2)

Swedish (1)

Faroese (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)