Ah see - you do it again, amend/add to a previous post, so there is a chance it isn't seen.
By the way, I might have a bit more confidence in the 'what the hell is hell' site if they could spell properly!! The spelling and punctuation in the first two homepage 'boxes' is well-shot.
What? You are criticising someones spelling - when sometimes your spelling isn't up to scratch and you teach English????
Perhaps the info you add here should be disregarded then if you have spelled a word wrongly or get your letters transposed!
As for the claim that the word is a German one, that is stretching the truth. Etymologically, the word is derived from Old English hel, helle.
I found another reference stating that 'hel' is a location in Norse mythology (as well as a Swedish Viking Rock band ....) The word Helheim, the location, means "house of Hel." It was the abode of Hel, a female figure who ruled the Underworld in Norse Mythology.
Old English is derived from Anglo-Saxon among other languages, all of which are part of the Germanic branch of the language family. This branch covers most of the northern European languages, whilst the Romance branch covers the more southern European languages, such as Spanish, Italian, Greek, etc.
As such, it would be correct to say that 'hell' is a Germanic word, but not a German one. If the site can't get this kind of thing correct, what value is it?
Oh for being pedantic eh.... German is classified as a West Germanic Language Andy (under the same umbrella).
Point being - the person who put the info on the site you are dissing, will have researched the info from somewhere else no doubt. Spelling mistakes and punctuation errors can and do happen - that does not mean that the info is incorrect, but granted it should have been checked first, if only to keep the spelling police (and those who might not believe it has any truth in it, because it has spelling mistakes present) happy.
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