Where does “hel” come from?

hel (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic hail, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

hel (Old Saxon): hell; whole, hale; omen

Definitions

  1. hell; whole, hale; omen

Ancestry of “hel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hel”

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