Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment. · Healing; an instance of restoration of health or hit points. · health
From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal, make whole, save”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). Derived from the adjective at hand in whole. Cognates Cognate with Scots hale, hail (“to heal”), Saterland Frisian heila, heilen (“to heal”), West Frisian hielje, Dutch helen (“to heal”), German heilen (“to heal”), Danish hele, Swedish hela (“to heal”), and further Russian цели́ть (celítʹ, “to heal”), Polish calić (“to save”), Czech celit (“to heal”), Serbo-Croatian céliti (“to heal”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionhelenenm
- Inherited-form mentionhǣlanang
- Inherited-form mention*hailijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hailijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*kéh₂ilosine-pro
- Cognate mentionhalesco
- Cognate mentionheilastq
- Cognate mentionhieljefy
- Cognate mentionhelennl
- Cognate mentionheilende
- Cognate mentionheleda
- Cognate mentionhelasv
- Cognate mentionцели́тьru
- Cognate mentionocalićpl
- Cognate mentioncelitcs
- Cognate mentioncélitish
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