Proto-West Germanic

*hail

‘healthy, sound’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *hail.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *hail, most familiar first.

• whole ← whol ← hāl
• hale ← hal ← hāl
• heil

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *hail