Where does “heller” come from?

heller (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse heldr, from Proto-Germanic *haldiz.

heller (Norwegian Nynorsk): comparative degree of gjerne; rather; heller...

Definitions

  1. comparative degree of gjerne; rather; heller...

Ancestry of “heller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheldrrather; inflection of halda: ## second-person...
2Proto-Germanic*haldiz—

Words derived from “heller”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *haldiz →Every word from Old Norse heldr →