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English word whole comes from Proto-Indo-European *kei-, Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus, Proto-Indo-European *kóylos, Proto-Indo-European *koyl-, Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilos, Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, Proto-Indo-European *ḱowH-, Proto-Germanic *hailaz (Omen, portent.)
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*kei- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kóh₂ilus (Proto-Indo-European)
*kóylos (Proto-Indo-European)
*koyl- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kóh₂ilos (Proto-Indo-European)
*kuH- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ḱowH- (Proto-Indo-European)
*hailaz (Proto-Germanic)
Omen, portent.
*koil- (Proto-Indo-European)
*hailaz (Proto-Germanic)
Entire, complete. Healthy, sound. Whole, unbroken, intact.
*ḱuHlós (Proto-Germanic)
*hulaz (Proto-Germanic)
Hollow.
*hulą (Proto-Germanic)
A hollow; depression; hole.
hol (Old English)
A hole, a hollow Calumny; slander.
*hailzą (Proto-Germanic)
hal (Old English)
Sound, healthy, intact. Whole, undivided.
heill (Old Norse)
hāl (Old English)
hool (Middle English)
whole (English)
An entirety.. Something complete, without any parts missing. (colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly. (of food) From which none of its constituents has been removed.. Entire.. Sound, uninjured, healthy.