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Where does “-heald” come from?

-heald (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic halþaz, from Proto-Germanic halaną — to slope; be inclined.

-heald (Old English): bent; inclined toward, tending toward; sloping...

Definitions

  1. bent; inclined toward, tending toward; sloping...

Ancestry of “-heald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichalþazsloping, inclined
2Proto-Germanichalanąto slope; be inclined
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