Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “heilige” come from?

heilige (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hēligo.

heilige (Middle Dutch): saint; relic, figure of a saint

Definitions

  1. saint; relic, figure of a saint

Ancestry of “heilige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhēligo—
Every word from Old Dutch hēligo →