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

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)

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