Words that come from Proto-Germanic “haljō”

85 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Germanic haljō — including hell, hellish, hellhound, hellishly, hellbent, hellacious, hellcat, hellishness.

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English (29)

Old Saxon (8)

Dutch (6)

Finnish (5)

Icelandic (4)

Old English (4)

German (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Limburgish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old High German (2)

Swedish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Faroese (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Gothic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Middle English (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)