Where does “helligdag” come from?
helligdag (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hellig, from Danish hellig, from Old Norse heilagr, from Proto-Germanic hailagaz, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.
helligdag (Norwegian Bokmål): holiday
Definitions
- holiday
Ancestry of “helligdag”, step by step
helligdag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål hellig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hellig | holy; imperative of hellige |
| 2 | Danish | hellig | holy, sacred |
| 3 | Old Norse | heilagr | holy; inviolable, sacred |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hailagaz | holy, sacred |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hailaz | whole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ilos | healthy |