Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *hail (“healthy”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*hailī f

1. health

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hailī
Genitive	*hailīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hailī	—
Accusative	*hailīn	—
Genitive	*hailīn	—
Dative	*hailīn	—
Instrumental	*hailīn	—

Descendants

• Old English: hǣlu, hǣlo
  • Middle English: hele, hale, heale, heel, heele, helle, hel, ȝel, ȝele; eale, hæle (Early Middle English)
    • English: heal
    • Scots: heal, hele
    • Yola: heale, heall, heal, hele
• Old Dutch: *heili
  • Middle Dutch: heile
• Old Saxon: hēli
  • Middle Low German: hêle, heile
• Old High German: heilī
  • Middle High German: heile
    • German: Heile (obsolete)