| 1 | Middle English | helere | — |
| 2 | English | heal | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to... |
| 3 | English | Hale | — |
| 4 | Middle English | hālen | — |
| 5 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 6 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get; to reach , to catch; to make it |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 8 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |