Where does “heelen” come from?

heelen (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German hēlen, from Old Saxon hēlian, from Proto-West Germanic hailijan, from Proto-Germanic hailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

heelen (Plautdietsch): to heal

Definitions

  1. to heal

Ancestry of “heelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhēlen—
2Old Saxonhēlianto heal, to cure, to save
3Proto-West Germanichailijanto heal, to cure
4Proto-Germanichailijanąto make whole, to mend; to heal, to make healthy
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

Words derived from “heelen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →