Where does “V-hals” come from?

V-hals (Dutch) comes from Dutch hals, from Middle Dutch hals, from Old Dutch hals, from Proto-West Germanic hals, from Proto-Germanic halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European kólsos.

V-hals (Dutch): V-neck

Definitions

  1. V-neck

Ancestry of “V-hals”, step by step

V-hals traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch hals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchhalsFront side of the neck; throat; Neck
2Middle Dutchhalsneck
3Old Dutchhals
4Proto-West Germanichalsneck, throat
5Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos

via Dutch V

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchVthe twenty-second letter of the Dutch alphabet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos