hellig
Norwegian
/hɛlɪ/
adjective
Definitions
- holy
Etymology
Derived from Danish hellig (holy) derived from Old Danish hælægh derived from Old Norse heilagr (holy, prosperous, hallow, sacred) 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
- О́льга Russian
- *kóh₂ilus Proto-Indo-European
- dag Norwegian Bokmål
- helligdag Norwegian Bokmål
- hellighet Norwegian Bokmål
- *hailagaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailaz Proto-Germanic
- heilag Norwegian Nynorsk
- halig Old English
- hāliġ Old English
- Helga Old Norse
- allraheilagramessa Old Norse
- ginnheilagr Old Norse
- heilagleikr Old Norse
- heilagr Old Norse
- heill Old Norse
- sannheilagr Old Norse
- úheilagr Old Norse
- hellig Danish
- helligdag Danish
- skinhellig Danish
- heilagur Icelandic
- heilag Old High German
- heilagur Faroese
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *hailag gmw-pro
- heilig Old Dutch
- helag Old Saxon
- hēlagon Old Saxon
- helagher Old Swedish
- hēlagher, helagher Old Swedish
- hælægh Old Danish