English heddle

← Old English hefeld (inherited)

← Middle English helde (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *habjaną (derived)

← Middle Low German hevelte (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (derived)

← Icelandic hafald (cognate)

← Old Saxon hevild (cognate)

→ English heddle hook (compound)