Where does “held” come from?

held (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian heleth, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

held (West Frisian): hero

Definitions

  1. hero

Ancestry of “held”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhelethhero
2Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
3Proto-Germanichaliþazhero

Words derived from “held”

Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haliþ →Every word from Old Frisian heleth →