Where does “helt” come from?

helt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German helt, from Old Saxon helith, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

helt (Norwegian Bokmål): neuter singular of hel; completely, altogether,...

Definitions

  1. neuter singular of hel; completely, altogether,...

Ancestry of “helt”, step by step

helt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German helt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhelthero
2Old Saxonhelithman; hero
3Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
4Proto-Germanichaliþazhero

via Old Norse heill

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

Words derived from “helt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haliþ →Every word from Old Saxon helith →