Where does “heldig” come from?

heldig (Danish) comes from Danish held, from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

heldig (Danish): lucky, fortunate; successful; favorable

Definitions

  1. lucky, fortunate; successful; favorable

Ancestry of “heldig”, step by step

heldig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish held

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishheldluck, fortune
2Old Norseheillhealth; omen, happiness; healthy
3Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
4Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

via Danish ig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishig—

Words derived from “heldig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Old Norse heill →