hallow
English
/ˈhæləʊ/, /ˈhæloʊ/, /ˈhɑloʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English halwe (holy thing, shrine, a saint) inherited from Old English hālga (saint, a holy one, holy man) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailagô (holy one), *hailaz (whole, healthy, sound, hale, safe, entire, omen) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kóylos (whole, healthy, unharmed, safe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kóylos
Gloss
whole, healthy, unharmed, safe
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
健, 康
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- All Hallows' Eve English
- Hallowmas English
- Saint-Simonianism English
- all English
- besaint English
- dishallow English
- eve English
- hallowdom English
- hallowly English
- saint English
- saintdom English
- saintess English
- saintful English
- sainthead English
- sainthood English
- saintish English
- saintism English
- saintless English
- saintlike English
- saintling English
- saintly English
- saintology English
- saintship English
- unsaint English
- Eisheilige German
- Heilige German
- Schutzheilige German
- heiligen German
- *kóh₂ilos Proto-Indo-European
- *kóh₂ilus Proto-Indo-European
- *kóylos Proto-Indo-European
- *hailagaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailagô Proto-Germanic
- *hailagōną Proto-Germanic
- *hailaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailiþō Proto-Germanic
- *hailzą Proto-Germanic
- *hailį̄ Proto-Germanic
- first name Helga, Helga Swedish
- helga Norwegian Nynorsk
- helge Norwegian Nynorsk
- helging Norwegian Nynorsk
- ealra hālġena mæsse Old English
- halga Old English
- hāl Old English
- hālga Old English
- halwe Middle English
- saint Middle English
- almas Irish
- heill Old Norse
- heilsa Old Norse
- helga Old Norse
- सेंट Hindi
- heiligen Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *hail gmw-pro
- *hailiþu gmw-pro
- hēl Old Dutch
- *kailo- Proto-Celtic
- hælgha Old Swedish
- hēl Old Frisian
- eils Vandalic