Where does “heller” come from?
heller (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish hælder, from Old Norse heldr, from Proto-Germanic *haldiz.
heller (Swedish): neither
Ancestry of “heller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Swedish | hælder | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | heldr | rather; inflection of halda:
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| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *haldiz | — |