Where does “helet” come from?

helet (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch helt, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

helet (Middle Dutch): hero, man, warrior

Definitions

  1. hero, man, warrior

Ancestry of “helet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchheltman
2Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
3Proto-Germanichaliþazhero
Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haliþ →Every word from Old Dutch helt →