Where does “heldinne” come from?

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

heldinne (West Frisian): heroine

Definitions

  1. heroine

Ancestry of “heldinne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianheldhero
2Old Frisianhelethhero
3Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
4Proto-Germanichaliþazhero
Every word from Proto-Germanic haliþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haliþ →Every word from Old Frisian heleth →