Where does “Heilbronn” come from?

Heilbronn (German) comes from Old High German heil, from Proto-West Germanic hail, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

Ancestry of “Heilbronn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanheilwhole; luck
2Proto-West Germanichailhealthy, sound; whole; omen, portent
3Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
4Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

Words derived from “Heilbronn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hail →
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