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Where does “heilag” come from?

heilag (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic hailag, from Proto-Germanic hailagaz, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos.

heilag (Old High German): holy

Definitions

  1. holy

Ancestry of “heilag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichailagholy, sacred
2Proto-Germanichailagazholy, sacred
3Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
4Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilos—

Words derived from “heilag”

  • Heiligenberg
  • heiligenschein
  • Eisheiliger
  • Heiligkeit
  • Heiligenschein
  • Heilige
  • scheinheilig
  • heiligsprechen
  • heilig
  • unheilig
  • Heiligabend
  • Eisheilige
  • Heiligtum
  • Heiligenberg
  • Heiliger
  • hailig
  • heilic (hailig
  • heilec)
  • Hellege Geescht
  • helleg
  • hellegspriechen
  • heilig
  • heilich
  • heilich
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →