Where does “heldur” come from?

heldur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse heldr, from Proto-Germanic *haldiz.

heldur (Faroese): sooner, rather, somewhat; second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. sooner, rather, somewhat; second-person singular...

Ancestry of “heldur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheldrrather; inflection of halda: ## second-person...
2Proto-Germanic*haldiz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *haldiz →