Where does “heimlich” come from?

heimlich (German) comes from Middle High German heimlich, from Old High German heimilīh, from Proto-Germanic *haimalīk.

heimlich (German): secret, clandestine

Definitions

  1. secret, clandestine

Ancestry of “heimlich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanheimlich—
2Old High Germanheimilīh—
3Proto-Germanic*haimalīk—

Words derived from “heimlich”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *haimalīk →