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Where does “hæleþ” come from?

hæleþ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

hæleþ (Old English): man, hero, warrior

Definitions

  1. man, hero, warrior

Ancestry of “hæleþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
2Proto-Germanichaliþazhero

Words derived from “hæleþ”

  • ethel
  • athel
  • atheldom
  • heleð
  • hathel
Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →