Where does “held” come from?

held (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch helt, from Old Dutch helt, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

held (Dutch): hero

Definitions

  1. hero

Ancestry of “held”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchhelt—
2Old Dutchheltman
3Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
4Proto-Germanichaliþazhero

Words derived from “held”

Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haliþ →Every word from Old Dutch helt →