Where does “folkehelt” come from?

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

folkehelt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a national hero

Definitions

  1. a national hero

Ancestry of “folkehelt”, step by step

folkehelt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk helt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskhelta hero
2Middle Low Germanhelthero
3Old Saxonhelithman; hero
4Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
5Proto-Germanichaliþazhero

via Norwegian Nynorsk folk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfolkpeople
2Old Norsefólkpeople
3Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haliþ →Every word from Old Saxon helith →