Where does “hælþ” come from?

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

hælþ (Old English): health

Definitions

  1. health

Ancestry of “hælþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichailiþuwholeness, health
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 hailiþu →