helgen
Danish
[ˈhɛljən], [ˈhɛlˀjən]
noun
Definitions
- (religion) saint a dead person recognised as holy in Christianity
- (figuratively) saint a person who does good
Etymology
Derived from Old Danish hælghæn borrowed from Old Saxon hēlagon (saints) derived from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (holy, bringing health, sacred).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hailagaz
Gloss
holy, bringing health, sacred
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
聖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Holy Book English
- Holy Spirit English
- Holy Trinity English
- Holyrood English
- Holywell English
- Holywood English
- halibut English
- halidom English
- holiday English
- holily English
- holiness English
- holinight English
- holy English
- holy fire English
- holy water English
- holystone English
- nonholy English
- overholy English
- pope-holy English
- unholy English
- whole English
- Heiligabend German
- Heiligenberg German
- Heiligkeit German
- Heiligtum German
- heilig German
- heiligsprechen German
- hochheilig German
- scheinheilig German
- unheilig German
- *kóh₂ilus Proto-Indo-European
- *hailagaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailaz Proto-Germanic
- halig Old English
- hāliġ Old English
- holi Middle English
- Helga Old Norse
- heilagr Old Norse
- all Danish
- allehelgensdag Danish
- dag Danish
- heilag Old High German
- heilic (hailig, heilec) Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *hailag gmw-pro
- heilig Old Dutch
- helag Old Saxon
- hēlagon Old Saxon
- holi Tok Pisin
- hælghæn Old Danish