Where does “heil” come from?

heil (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic hail, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

heil (Old High German): whole; luck

Definitions

  1. whole; luck

Ancestry of “heil”, step by step

heil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic hail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichailhealthy, sound; whole; omen, portent
2Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

via Proto-Germanic hailą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichailą—

Words derived from “heil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hail →