heilig
German (Berlin)
adj
Definitions
- holy
- sacred
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German heilic (hailig, heilec) inherited from Old High German heilag inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (holy, bringing health, sacred).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hailagaz
Gloss
holy, bringing health, sacred
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
聖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Heiligenberg English
- Holy Book English
- Holy Spirit English
- Holy Trinity English
- Holyrood English
- Holywell English
- Holywood English
- halibut English
- halidom English
- holiday English
- holily English
- holiness English
- holinight English
- holy English
- holy fire English
- holy water English
- holystone English
- nonholy English
- overholy English
- pope-holy English
- unholy English
- whole English
- Abend German
- Berg German
- Heiligabend German
- Heiligenberg German
- Heiligkeit German
- Heiligtum German
- heiligsprechen German
- hoch German
- hochheilig German
- scheinen German
- scheinheilig German
- sprechen German
- unheilig German
- goedheiligman Dutch, Flemish
- heil Dutch, Flemish
- heilig Dutch, Flemish
- heiligbeen Dutch, Flemish
- heiligdom Dutch, Flemish
- heilige oorlog Dutch, Flemish
- heiligheid Dutch, Flemish
- heiligschennis Dutch, Flemish
- heiligverklaring Dutch, Flemish
- onheilig Dutch, Flemish
- schijnheilig Dutch, Flemish
- *kóh₂ilus Proto-Indo-European
- hellig Norwegian Bokmål
- *hailagaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailaz Proto-Germanic
- halig Old English
- hāl Old English
- hāliġ Old English
- holi Middle English
- Helga Old Norse
- heilagr Old Norse
- allehelgensdag Danish
- helgen Danish
- hellig Danish
- helligdag Danish
- skinhellig Danish
- heilich Middle Dutch
- heilag Old High German
- hailig Middle High German
- heilic (hailig, heilec) Middle High German
- Hellege Geescht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- helleg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hellegspriechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *hailag gmw-pro
- heilig Old Dutch
- helag Old Saxon
- hēlagon Old Saxon
- heilig Alemannic German
- holi Tok Pisin
- heilich Pennsylvania German
- heilich Hunsrik
- hælghæn Old Danish
- hælægh Old Danish