Where does “heleð” come from?

heleð (Middle English) comes from Old English hæleþ, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

heleð (Middle English): warrior, hero

Definitions

  1. warrior, hero

Ancestry of “heleð”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhæleþman, hero, warrior
2Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
3Proto-Germanichaliþazhero
Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haliþ →Every word from Old English hæleþ →
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