Where does “healswriþa” come from?

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

healswriþa (Old English): neck collar

Definitions

  1. neck collar

Ancestry of “healswriþa”, step by step

healswriþa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English heals

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

via Old English wriþa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwriþaband
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halsaz →Every word from Old English heals →