hele

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱel-“to hide”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*haljaną“to hull, conceal”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*helaną“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*helan
5. Old English · inherited fromhelan“to conceal, cover, hide”
6. Middle English · inherited fromhelen
7. English todayhele

From Middle English helen, helien, from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”, strong verb) and helian (“to conceal, cover, hide”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”) and Proto-Germanic *haljaną (“to hull, conceal”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide”). Cognate with Scots heal (“to cover, hide, conceal”), Saterland Frisian hela (“to conceal”), Dutch helen (“to conceal”), German hehlen (“to deal in stolen or illegal goods”), Swedish häla (“hide”) and hälare (“fence, peddler of stolen goods”), as well as with helmet and Latin cēlō (“conceal”). Related to hole, hull.

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