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

  1. 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.

via Danish halvår

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhalvåra half-year period of six months
2Danishhalvhalf
3Old Danishhalf
4Old Norsehalfrhalf
5Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via Danish vinter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvinterwinter
2Old Danishwintærwinter
3Old Norsevintrwinter
4Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-Every word from Proto-Germanic halbaz