Where does “hæl” come from?

hæl (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hail, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

hæl (Old English): omen

Definitions

  1. omen

Ancestry of “hæl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichailhealthy, sound; whole; omen, portent
2Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hail →