- Proto-Germanic word
hailagaz from
around 500 BCE, an
adjective derived from
hailaz ('whole'),
which was used to mean 'uninjured, sound, healthy, entire, complete'...
- *gōdaz PGmc *welō(n) PGmc *hilpō + *fullaz PGmc *gagniz + *fullaz PGmc *
hailaz + *samaz PGmc *werþan + *hwīlō good well
helpful gainful wholesome worthwhile...
- OFris. hēlich, OS hēlag, OHG
heilag ON
heilagr Goth.
hailags From PGmc *
hailaz ('hale, whole, sound').
Source of PGmc *hailagōjanan ('to make holy, consecrate')...