Where does “heil” come from?

heil (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch heil, from Old Dutch heil, from Proto-West Germanic hail, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

heil (Dutch): prosperity; salvation

Definitions

  1. prosperity; salvation

Ancestry of “heil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchheil—
2Old Dutchheilwhole, healthy
3Proto-West Germanichailhealthy, sound; whole; omen, portent
4Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

Words derived from “heil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →
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