Where does “hel” come from?

hel (Dutch) comes from German hell, from Middle High German hel, from Old High German hel, from Proto-Germanic halliz, from Proto-Germanic hellaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

hel (Dutch): Hell, an infernal afterlife; A terrible place or...

Definitions

  1. Hell, an infernal afterlife; A terrible place or...

Ancestry of “hel”, step by step

hel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German hell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhellclear, bright, light
2Middle High Germanhelresounding, loud, shining, bright; tired, weak
3Old High Germanhelresounding
4Proto-Germanichallizresounding
5Proto-Germanichellanąto resound, make a sound
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Middle Dutch helle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle DutchhelleHell; underworld
2Old Dutchhellahell
3Proto-West Germanichalljuthe netherworld, the underworld, hell
4Proto-Germanichaljōthe netherworld, the underworld, hell
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “hel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hellaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic halliz →