holy
Middle English
adj
Definitions
- Dedicated to or separated for a religious purpose; sacred, consecrated.
- Characterized by virtue or perfection.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hāliġ (holy) derived from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (holy, bringing health, sacred) affix from Middle English hool.
Origin
Middle English
hool
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Halifax English
- hole English
- holey English
- holiday English
- *kóh₂ilus Proto-Indo-European
- *hailagaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailaz Proto-Germanic
- halig Old English
- haligdom Old English
- haligdæg Old English
- haligern Old English
- haligmonaþ Old English
- halignes Old English
- hāliġ Old English
- hāliġdæġ Old English
- unhalig Old English
- aly Middle English
- day Middle English
- hali Middle English
- halyday Middle English
- holi Middle English
- hool Middle English
- Helga Old Norse
- heilagr Old Norse
- heilag Old High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *hailag gmw-pro
- heilig Old Dutch
- helag Old Saxon
- hēlagon Old Saxon
- haliday Scots