Where does “hellighet” come from?
hellighet (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.
hellighet (Norwegian Bokmål): holiness
Ancestry of “hellighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |