held

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hero

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɦɛlt/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with Old English

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Cognate with Old High German

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Cognate with Western Frisian

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Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk

In summary

From Middle Dutch helt, helet (“hero, man, warrior”), from Old Dutch helt (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”). Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld).