Where does “heilagr” come from?

heilagr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hailagaz, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

heilagr (Old Norse): holy; inviolable, sacred

Definitions

  1. holy; inviolable, sacred

Ancestry of “heilagr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichailagazholy, sacred
2Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

Words derived from “heilagr”

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