Where does “helt” come from?

helt (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon helith, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

helt (Middle Low German): hero

Definitions

  1. hero

Ancestry of “helt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonhelithman; hero
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 Saxon helith →