Where does “heeled” come from?

Heeled comes from English heel, from Old English hēla, from Proto-Germanic hanhilaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots including kel- and kei- with the suffix -eh₂tos and -yeti.

heeled (English): simple past tense and past participle of heel;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of heel;...

Ancestry of “heeled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheelThe rear part of the foot, where it joins the...
2Middle EnglishheleAlternative form of ele
3Old Englishhēlaheel
4Proto-West Germanic*hą̄hilōheel

Words derived from “heeled

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō
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