Where does “heili” come from?

heili (Faroese) comes from Old Norse heili, from Proto-Germanic hailia-.

heili (Faroese): brain

Definitions

  1. brain

Ancestry of “heili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheilibrain
2Proto-Germanichailia-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hailia- →Every word from Old Norse heili →