helsa

Old Swedish

verb

Definitions

to greet
to wish someone well
to save, redeem

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse heilsa (greet) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (beseech, greet, salute).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hailisōną

Gloss

beseech, greet, salute

Concept

Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*kóh₂ilus Proto-Indo-European
helse Norwegian Bokmål
hilse Norwegian Bokmål
*hailaz Proto-Germanic
*hailisōną Proto-Germanic
*hailisǭ Proto-Germanic
helsa Norwegian Nynorsk
helse Norwegian Nynorsk
heilsa Old Norse
heilsan Old Norse
helsa, hēlsa Old Swedish
helse Old Danish
hælsæn Old Danish

hēlsa