Where does “heili” come from?

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

heili (Icelandic): a brain

Definitions

  1. a brain

Ancestry of “heili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheilibrain
2Proto-Germanichailia-—

Words derived from “heili”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hailia- →Every word from Old Norse heili →