Where does “helt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “helt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchheltman
2Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
3Proto-Germanichaliþazhero

Words derived from “helt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haliþ →Every word from Old Dutch helt →