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Where does “hēl” come from?

hēl (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic hail, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos.

Ancestry of “hēl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichailhealthy, sound; whole; omen, portent
2Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilos—

Words derived from “hēl”

  • hiel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →