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Where does “himil” come from?
himil (Old Swedish) comes from Old Saxon himil, from Proto-West Germanic himil — sky; heaven.
Ancestry of “himil”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Saxon
himil
heaven, sky
2
Proto-West Germanic
himil
sky; heaven
Words derived from “himil”
himmel
himlakropp
himmelssfär
himmeli
himmelsfärd
himladrottning
himlafärd
himlafäste
himlasfär
himla
olkihimmeli
hallintohimmeli
Kristi himmelsfärdsdag
himla med ögonen
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