Where does “heilbrigði” come from?
heilbrigði (Middle Norwegian) comes from Old Norse heilbrigði, from Old Norse heilbrigðr, from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.
heilbrigði (Middle Norwegian): health
Definitions
- health
Ancestry of “heilbrigði”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | heilbrigði | health |
| 2 | Old Norse | heilbrigðr | hale, healthy |
| 3 | Old Norse | heill | health; omen, happiness; healthy |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hailaz | whole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ilos | healthy |