Where does “hælu” come from?

hælu (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic hailį̄, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

hælu (Old English): sound physical or spiritual health; salvation, a...

Definitions

  1. sound physical or spiritual health; salvation, a...

Ancestry of “hælu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichailį̄salvation, 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-Germanic hailį̄ →