English
healand
Healand comes from Old English hǣlend ‘Jesus’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *hailijand.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hailijandreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hǣlend‘Jesus’literally ‘healer or savior’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500healend
- Englishearliest quotation 1867healand
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hailijandreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hǣlend‘Jesus’literally ‘healer or savior’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500healend
- Englishearliest quotation 1867healand
Earliest quotation: 1867, Maximilian Schele de Vere: “[…] and the Saviour was to them touchingly, as…”
Formed from heal + -and
Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘healthy, whole’
Proto-Germanic *hailijaną ‘to heal, make whole, save’
Proto-West Germanic *hailijan ‘to heal, cure’
Old English hǣlan ‘to heal, cure, save, greet, salute’
Middle English helen ‘to cure, heal’
English heal
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *hailijand
Today it means
noun One who heals or saves; a saviour.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *hailijand / healand