English
hellier
Hellier comes from Middle English heliere.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500heliere
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1655hellier
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500heliere
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1655hellier
Earliest quotation: a. 1655, James Ussher: “he that covereth the house with tile or slate,…”
Formed from hele ‘to conceal, hide’ + -ier
Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to hide’
Proto-Germanic *helaną ‘to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods’
Proto-West Germanic *helan ‘to hide, conceal’
Old English helan ‘to conceal, cover, hide’
Middle English helen ‘to cover’
English hele
Every English word from Middle English heliere
Today it means
noun One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English heliere / hellier