Where does “hel special” come from?

hel special (Swedish) comes from Swedish hel, from Icelandic hel, from Old Norse Hel, from Proto-Germanic haljō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

hel special (Swedish): a serving of one hot dog bun and two hot dogs with mashed potatoes

Definitions

  1. a serving of one hot dog bun and two hot dogs with mashed potatoes

Ancestry of “hel special”, step by step

hel special traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish hel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhelwhole; complete; not broken; in order; luck;...
2Icelandichelhell (underworld), death
3Old NorseHeldeath
4Proto-Germanichaljōthe netherworld, the underworld, hell
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Swedish special

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspeciala large-scale map folded into the main map or nautical chart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-