Where does “heels” come from?

heels (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish heelen, from Old High German heilen, from Proto-West Germanic hailijan, from Proto-Germanic hailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

heels (Luxembourgish): second-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “heels”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishheelento heal
2Old High Germanheilen—
3Proto-West Germanichailijanto heal, to cure
4Proto-Germanichailijanąto make whole, to mend; to heal, to make healthy
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hailijan →