heal

heal · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kéh₂ilos“healthy, whole”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hailijaną“to heal, make whole, save”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hailijan
4. Old English · inherited fromhǣlan“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”
5. Middle English · inherited fromhelen
6. English todayheal

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”).

heal · verb²

See hele.

Heal · proper noun³

English surname, variant of Hale.

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