Where does “hælervare” come from?
hælervare (Danish) comes from Danish hæler, from Danish hæle, from German Hehler, from German hehlen, from Middle High German heln, from Old High German helan, from Proto-West Germanic helan, from Proto-Germanic helaną — to cover; to incline.
hælervare (Danish): a stolen good that is for sale
Definitions
- a stolen good that is for sale
Ancestry of “hælervare”, step by step
hælervare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish hæler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hæler | person who sells stolen goods; fence, receiver |
| 2 | Danish | hæle | to fence; indefinite plural of hæl |
| 3 | German | Hehler | agent noun of hehlen; receiver and usually... |
| 4 | German | hehlen | to hide, to conceal, to hele; to transactionally... |
| 5 | Middle High German | heln | — |
| 6 | Old High German | helan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helan | to hide, to conceal |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helaną | to hide, to conceal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱéleti | to be covering, hiding |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Danish vare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | vare | article; commodity; item |
| 2 | Old Norse | vara | to ware, watch out, defend |
| 3 | Middle Low German | ware | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | wār | true |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |