Where does “healsgebedda” come from?

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

healsgebedda (Old English): bedfellow, consort, lover, beloved

Definitions

  1. bedfellow, consort, lover, beloved

Ancestry of “healsgebedda”, step by step

healsgebedda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English heals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhealsneck
2Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
3Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

via Old English ġebedda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġebeddasomeone who lies in bed with someone else: bedfellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halsaz →Every word from Old English heals →