hilse

Norwegian

verb

Definitions

to greet (someone)
to say hello (på / to) (someone)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse heilsa (greet).

Origin

Old Norse

heilsa

Gloss

greet

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

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