Where does “heil” come from?

heil (Middle English) comes from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

heil (Middle English): healthy, sound; health, welfare; hail!

Definitions

  1. healthy, sound; health, welfare; hail!

Ancestry of “heil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheillhealth; omen, happiness; healthy
2Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Old Norse heill →
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