XPost: alt.healing.reiki   
   From: gdwill@earthlink.net   
      
   On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:41:16 +0200, "pr"  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Harlan Osier"  wrote in message   
   >news:89ec59b9.0407111946.251df589@posting.google.com...   
   >: Because he always cried "Heil" which is German for "Heal" ???   
   >   
   >No, The German "Heil" is the same as the English "Hail".   
   >The English "Heal" translates to "Heilen".   
      
   In addition, etymologically speaking, the English words "hail", "heal"   
   and "whole" as well as their equivalents in German, all come from the   
   same proto-Germanic root that means "whole" or "heal". When you "hail"   
   someone, you are wishing them good health, which reminds me of the   
   word "salute", which is the equivalent concept in the Romance   
   languages ("salud" in Spanish, "salute" in Italian, etc).   
      
   Garry   
      
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