Where does “hælan” come from?

hælan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hailijan, from Proto-Germanic hailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

hælan (Old English): to heal

Definitions

  1. to heal

Ancestry of “hælan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichailijanto heal, to cure
2Proto-Germanichailijanąto make whole, to mend; to heal, to make healthy
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hailijan →