helen
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to cure, heal
- (intransitive) to heal, get better
- to reform
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hǣlan (greet, salute, heal, save, cure) inherited from *hailijan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (heal, make whole, save).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hailijaną
Gloss
heal, make whole, save
Kanji
療, 癒
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aircover English
- allheal English
- becover English
- bedcover English
- cover English
- cover-shame English
- cover-slut English
- coverability English
- coverable English
- coverage English
- coverall English
- coverdisc English
- coverdisk English
- coverer English
- covereth English
- coverglass English
- covering English
- coverless English
- coverline English
- covermount English
- coversheet English
- coverside English
- coverslip English
- coverstrip English
- covertape English
- dustcover English
- forcover English
- forecover English
- hardcover English
- headcover English
- heal English
- heal-all English
- healable English
- healand English
- healee English
- healer English
- healest English
- healeth English
- healful English
- healing English
- healless English
- healsome English
- horseheal English
- hypercover English
- landcover English
- multicover English
- overcover English
- overheal English
- precover English
- re-cover English
- reheal English
- self-heal English
- selfheal English
- slipcover English
- slut-cover English
- softcover English
- subcover English
- uncover English
- undercover English
- cover Finnish
- koveri Finnish
- covern German
- cover Dutch, Flemish
- cover French
- cover Spanish, Castilian
- *koyl- Proto-Indo-European
- cover Portuguese
- *hailijaną Proto-Germanic
- *hailingō Proto-Germanic
- cover Swedish
- カバー Japanese
- cover Polish
- gehælan Old English
- hælan Old English
- hælend Old English
- hæling Old English
- hǣlan Old English
- coveren Middle English
- heila Old Norse
- heilen Old High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *hailijan gmw-pro
- *hēlen Old Dutch
- helian Old Saxon
- كفر Hijazi Arabic
- كڤر Hijazi Arabic