Where does “helhet” come from?

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

helhet (Norwegian Bokmål): a whole; entirety

Definitions

  1. a whole; entirety

Ancestry of “helhet”, step by step

helhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål hel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhelwhole, unbroken; pure, all; it, all of it, the...
2Old Norseheillhealth; omen, happiness; healthy
3Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
4Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

Words derived from “helhet”

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