hela
Old English
noun
Definitions
- heel of the foot
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz (heel).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hanhilaz
Gloss
heel
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
踵
Emoji
👠
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- achilleshiel Dutch, Flemish
- hiel Dutch, Flemish
- hæl Norwegian Bokmål
- *hanhaz Proto-Germanic
- *hanhilaz Proto-Germanic
- häl Swedish
- hæl Norwegian Nynorsk
- hēla Old English
- hæll Old Norse
- hæl Danish
- hæll Icelandic
- hiele Middle Dutch
- hælur Faroese
- *hą̄hil gmw-pro
- *hela Old Dutch
- hēla Old Frisian
- iri Sranan Tongo
- haiel North Frisian