Where does “vinterhalvår” come from?
vinterhalvår (Danish) comes from Danish halvår, from Danish halv, from Old Danish half, from Old Norse halfr, from Proto-Germanic halbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
vinterhalvår (Danish): winter half-year, six-month period between the autumnal equinox and vernal equinox covers approximately the period from October to March
Definitions
- winter half-year, six-month period between the autumnal equinox and vernal equinox covers approximately the period from October to March
Ancestry of “vinterhalvår”, step by step
vinterhalvår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.