hela

Old Swedish

verb

Definitions

to heal, to cure
to save (in religious sense)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse heila 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

*koyl- Proto-Indo-European
*hailijaną Proto-Germanic
*hailingō Proto-Germanic
heila Norwegian Nynorsk
hælan Old English
hǣlan Old English
heila Old Norse
𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
*hailijan gmw-pro