Etymology

heil

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German Hei ← Middle High German heil ← Old High German heil
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heil · verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilos
  2. Proto-Germanic*hailaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hail
  4. Old High Germanheil
  5. Middle High Germanheil
  6. GermanHei
  7. English todayheil

Borrowed from German Heil, from Middle High German heil, from Old High German heil, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos. Doublet of whole, hail, and hale.

Heil · proper noun2

As a German surname, shortened from Heinrich. As a German and Dutch surname, from the name Heila, from hail (“whole”).

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