Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hanhilaz”

51 words across 15 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hanhilaz — including heels, heel, heeled, hale, heeler, heelless, bootheel, halesome.

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English (31)

Old English (3)

Dutch (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle English (2)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Icelandic (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Faroese (1)

Old Norse (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)