Where does βhaliguβ come from?
haligu (Old English) comes from Old English u, from Latin F, from Old English α , from Etruscan π , from Ancient Greek Ο, from Phoenician π€ , from Egyptian π².
haligu (Old English): holiness
Definitions
- holiness
Ancestry of βhaliguβ, step by step
haligu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English u
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | u | a letter of the Old English alphabet |
| 2 | Latin | F | β |
| 3 | Old English | α | the first letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing and the sounds. Pronounced feoh |
| 4 | Etruscan | π | ve |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ο | {{l|en|digamma}} |
| 6 | Phoenician | π€ | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 7 | Egyptian | π² | β |
via Old English hΔliΔ‘
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | hΔliΔ‘ | holy |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | hailag | holy, sacred |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hailagaz | holy, sacred |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hailaz | whole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kΓ©hβilos | healthy |