gehælan

Old English

verb

Definitions

to heal, cure, save
to heal a wound
to allay or remove anxiety
to hail

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gahailijaną prefix from Old English hǣlan (greet, salute, heal, save, cure).

Origin

Old English

hǣlan

Gloss

greet, salute, heal, save, cure

Concept

Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

療, 癒

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*gahailijaną Proto-Germanic
*hailijaną Proto-Germanic
hælend Old English
hæling Old English
hǣlan Old English
helen Middle English
𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
*hailijan gmw-pro