Where does “heilige oorlog” come from?
heilige oorlog (Dutch) comes from Dutch heilig, from Middle Dutch heilich, from Old Dutch heilig, from Proto-West Germanic hailag, from Proto-Germanic hailagaz, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.
heilige oorlog (Dutch): holy war
Definitions
- holy war
Ancestry of “heilige oorlog”, step by step
heilige oorlog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch heilig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | heilig | holy; sacred |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | heilich | holy, sacred |
| 3 | Old Dutch | heilig | holy, sacred |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hailag | holy, sacred |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hailagaz | holy, sacred |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hailaz | whole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ilos | healthy |