Proto-Indo-European

*kéh₂ilos

‘healthy, whole’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos.

12 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos, most familiar first.

• whole ← whol ← hāl ← *hail ← *hailaz
• health ← helthe ← hǣlþ ← *hailiþu ← *hailiþō
• holy ← ali ← hāleġ ← *hailag ← *hailagaz
• healing ← heelinge ← hǣling ← *hailingō ← *hailijaną
• heal ← helen ← hǣlan ← *hailijan ← *hailijaną
• hail ← heyl ← heill ← *hailaz
• hale ← hal ← hāl ← *hail ← *hailaz
• hallowed ← halwed ← ġehālgod ← hālgian ← *hailagōn
• heil ← *hail ← *hailaz
• hallow ← halwe ← hālga ← *hailagō ← *hailagô
• hooly ← holi ← hāliġ ← *hailag ← *hailagaz
• halsen ← halsnen ← hālsian ← *hailasōn ← *hailisōną

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos