Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “heals” come from?

heals (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European kólsos.

heals (Old English): neck

Definitions

  1. neck

Ancestry of “heals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
2Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

Words derived from “heals”

  • hawse
  • hawsehole
  • hawsepipe
  • halse
  • halsen
  • healsfang
  • forehalsen
  • halseny
  • halseman
  • halsien
  • halsnen
  • halchen
  • halse
  • halsen
  • hals
  • healsfang
  • healsbeag
  • healsgebedda
  • halsian
  • healsian
  • freols
  • frīheals
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