Where does “helt” come from?
helt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German helt, from Old Saxon helith, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.
helt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a hero
Ancestry of “helt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | helt | hero |
| 2 | Old Saxon | helith | man; hero |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | haliþ | hero |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | haliþaz | hero |
Words derived from “helt”