Where does “היילן” come from?

היילן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German heilen, from Old High German heilen, from Proto-West Germanic hailijan, from Proto-Germanic hailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

היילן (Yiddish): heal, cure; plural of הייל

Definitions

  1. heal, cure; plural of הייל

Ancestry of “היילן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanheilen—
2Old High Germanheilen—
3Proto-West Germanichailijanto heal, to cure
4Proto-Germanichailijanąto make whole, to mend; to heal, to make healthy
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

Words derived from “היילן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hailijan →