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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | helid | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | haliþ | hero |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haliþaz | hero |
Words derived from “helt”