helen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to hide, to conceal, to keep secret, to keep quiet
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *helan inherited from *helan inherited from Proto-Germanic *helaną (conceal, receive stolen goods, stash, hide) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéleti.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱéleti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- colloblast English
- collocyte English
- desmocollin English
- osteocolla English
- colla Latin
- collage French
- colloïde French
- κόλλα Ancient Greek
- λιθόκολλα Ancient Greek
- πρωτόκολλον Ancient Greek
- σαρκοκόλλα Ancient Greek
- *kol- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱéleti Proto-Indo-European
- *helaną Proto-Germanic
- helan Old English
- helan Old High German
- *helan gmw-pro
- *helan Old Dutch
- bihelan Old Dutch
- farhelan Old Dutch
- *keleti Proto-Celtic
- hēlen Middle Low German
- helan Old Saxon
- *kelō Proto-Italic