Where does “Held” come from?

Held (German) comes from Middle High German helt, from Old High German helid, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

Held (German): hero; protagonist

Definitions

  1. hero; protagonist

Ancestry of “Held”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhelt
2Old High Germanhelidhut
3Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
4Proto-Germanichaliþazhero

Words derived from “Held

Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz