Where does “eļ” come from?
eļ (Livonian) comes from Latvian elle, from Middle Low German helle, from Old Saxon hel, from Proto-West Germanic hail, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos.
eļ (Livonian): hell; 1st person singular negative form of eļļõ;...
Definitions
- hell; 1st person singular negative form of eļļõ;...
Ancestry of “eļ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | elle | hell; infernal |
| 2 | Middle Low German | helle | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | hel | hell; whole, hale; omen |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hail | healthy, sound; whole; omen, portent |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hailaz | whole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ilos | — |