Where does “hælder” come from?
hælder (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse heldr, from Proto-Germanic *haldiz.
Ancestry of “hælder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | heldr | rather; inflection of halda:
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| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *haldiz | — |