Where does “hel” come from?

hel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

hel (Norwegian Bokmål): whole, unbroken; pure, all; it, all of it, the...

Definitions

  1. whole, unbroken; pure, all; it, all of it, the...

Ancestry of “hel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheillhealth; omen, happiness; healthy
2Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

Words derived from “hel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Old Norse heill →