Where does “hellig” come from?

hellig (Danish) comes from Old Norse heilagr, from Proto-Germanic hailagaz, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

hellig (Danish): holy, sacred

Definitions

  1. holy, sacred

Ancestry of “hellig”, step by step

hellig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse heilagr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheilagrholy; inviolable, sacred
2Proto-Germanichailagazholy, sacred
3Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
4Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

via Old Danish hælægh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishhælægh—

Words derived from “hellig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailagaz →