Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hailagaz”

229 words across 57 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hailagaz — including holy, holly, halibut, hollyhock, holily, hooly, holystone, halidom.

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English (32)

German (23)

Dutch (16)

Swedish (15)

Danish (11)

Middle English (11)

Icelandic (10)

Old Norse (10)

Old English (9)

Russian (6)

Old Swedish (6)

Norwegian (5)

Middle High German (5)

Faroese (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Ukrainian (4)

Latvian (3)

Slovak (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Finnish (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Czech (2)

Polish (2)

Portuguese (2)

Scots (2)

Old East Slavic (2)

Old High German (1)

Slovene (1)

Skolt Sami (1)

Cebuano (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Spanish (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Belarusian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Greek (1)

Slavic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old Danish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Germanic (1)

Catalan (1)

Italian (1)

Yola (1)

Estonian (1)

Ingrian (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Jamaican Creole (1)

Armenian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Chinese (1)