Where does “hell” come from?

hell (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German hel, from Proto-Germanic halliz, from Proto-Germanic hellaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

hell (Luxembourgish): clear, bright; light, pale

Definitions

  1. clear, bright; light, pale

Ancestry of “hell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhelresounding
2Proto-Germanichallizresounding
3Proto-Germanichellanąto resound, make a sound
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “hell”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hellaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic halliz →