Where does “frīheals” come from?

frīheals (Old English) comes from Old English heals, from Proto-Germanic halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European kólsos.

Ancestry of “frīheals”, step by step

frīheals traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English heals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhealsneck
2Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
3Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

via Old English frī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfrīfree

Words derived from “frīheals”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halsaz →Every word from Old English heals →