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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *hail + *-ī.
Noun
*hailī f
- health[1]
Inflection
| īn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hailī | |
| Genitive | *hailīn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hailī | — |
| Accusative | *hailīn | — |
| Genitive | *hailīn | — |
| Dative | *hailīn | — |
| Instrumental | *hailīn | — |
Descendants
- Old English: hǣlu, hǣlo
- Middle English: hele, hale, heale, heel, heele, hel, ȝel, ȝele
- English: heal
- Scots: heal, hele
- Yola: heale, heal, hele
- Middle English: hele, hale, heale, heel, heele, hel, ȝel, ȝele
- Old Dutch: *heili
- Middle Dutch: heile
- Old Saxon: hēli
- Middle Low German: hêle, heile
- Old High German: heilī
- Middle High German: heile
- German: Heile (obsolete)
- Middle High German: heile
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xailaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 151