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 — healthy.

eļ (Livonian): hell; 1st person singular negative form of eļļõ;...

Definitions

  1. hell; 1st person singular negative form of eļļõ;...

Ancestry of “eļ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianellehell; infernal
2Middle Low Germanhelle—
3Old Saxonhelhell; whole, hale; omen
4Proto-West Germanichailhealthy, sound; whole; omen, portent
5Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
6Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hail →