History of the English language
and the associated shame
(just as with Reich)
Germanic *hailitho > Old English hælth HEALTH
Germanic *hailjan > Old English hælan TO HEAL
Germanic *hailagaz > Old English halig HOLY
Germanic *hailigon > Old English halgian to
consecrate, to bless,
halga sacred, a saint, Middle English halwe (see Prologue to the Canterbury Tales: ferne
halwes distant shrines metonymic from the meaning "saint"
TO HALLOW (as in "Our Father who art in heaven,hallowedbe thy name"), HALLOW
meaning "saint" (the latter is a French loan (ALL HALLOWS' DAY, HALLOWEEN).
The metonymic link between "being in one piece" and "being healthy" is fairly universal
(cf. the two meanings of the Estonian word "terve" a Finno-Ugric, i.e. a non-Indo
European word! or Russian "" (whole) and "" to heal (NB! Modern
medicine uses "treat" and "cure" the latter when the result is positive, "heal" is generally
annaabi.ee 
