Where does “heilig” come from?

heilig (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hailag, from Proto-Germanic hailagaz, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

heilig (Old Dutch): holy, sacred

Definitions

  1. holy, sacred

Ancestry of “heilig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichailagholy, sacred
2Proto-Germanichailagazholy, sacred
3Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
4Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

Words derived from “heilig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailagaz →