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
Ancestry of “held”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | heleth | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | haliþ | hero |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haliþaz | hero |