Where does “helt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “helt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhelidhut
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 High German helid →