häl
Swedish
/hɛːl/
noun
Definitions
- heel (part of one's foot)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hæll (heel) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz (heel).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hanhilaz
Gloss
heel
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
踵
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backheel English
- bootheel English
- cowheel English
- heel English
- heel-dragger English
- heelball English
- heelbone English
- heeled English
- heeler English
- heelflip English
- heelful English
- heelie English
- heelies English
- heelish English
- heelless English
- heelpath English
- heelpiece English
- heelpost English
- heelprint English
- heelproof English
- heelside English
- heelstrike English
- heeltap English
- heelwork English
- hock English
- reheel English
- hæl Norwegian Bokmål
- *hanhaz Proto-Germanic
- *hanhilaz Proto-Germanic
- ヒール Japanese
- hæl Norwegian Nynorsk
- hela Old English
- hēla Old English
- hele Middle English
- hæll Old Norse
- hæl Danish
- hæll Icelandic
- hælur Faroese
- *hą̄hil gmw-pro
- *hela Old Dutch
- hēla Old Frisian
- haiel North Frisian