Where does “Häld” come from?

Häld (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian heled, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

Häld (Saterland Frisian): hero

Definitions

  1. hero

Ancestry of “Häld”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianheled—
2Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
3Proto-Germanichaliþazhero
Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haliþ →Every word from Old Frisian heled →