Where does “heimiligr” come from?
heimiligr (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German heimelik, from Old Saxon *hēmlīk, from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
Ancestry of “heimiligr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | heimelik | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *hēmlīk | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *haimalīk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
Words derived from “heimiligr”