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
- comparative degree of gjerne; rather; heller...
Ancestry of “heller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | heldr | rather; inflection of halda:
## second-person... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *haldiz | — |