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