Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haliþ

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 Proto-Germanic *haliþaz.

Noun

*haliþ m

1. hero

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haliþ
Genitive	*haliþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haliþ	*haliþō, *haliþōs
Accusative	*haliþ	*haliþā
Genitive	*haliþas	*haliþō
Dative	*haliþē	*haliþum
Instrumental	*haliþu	*haliþum

Descendants

• Old English: hæle, hæleþ, hæleð
  • Middle English: heleð, haleð, hæleð; hathel (conflation with athel (“nobleman”))
    • English: health
    • Middle Scots: hathill
• Old Frisian: *heleth
  • Saterland Frisian: Häld
  • West Frisian: held
• Old Saxon: helith, helid
  • Middle Low German: helt
    • German Low German: Held
    • → Danish: helt
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: helt
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: helt
    • → Swedish: hjälte
• Old Dutch: *helit
  • Middle Dutch: helet, helt
    • Dutch: held
• Old High German: helid
  • Middle High German: helt
    • German: Held
    • Yiddish: העלד (held), האָלד (hold)