Where does “Breitschnauzen-Halbmaki” come from?

Breitschnauzen-Halbmaki (German) comes from German Halbmaki, from German halb, from Middle High German halp, from Old High German halb, from Proto-West Germanic halb, from Proto-Germanic halbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Breitschnauzen-Halbmaki (German): greater bamboo lemur, Prolemur simus

Definitions

  1. greater bamboo lemur, Prolemur simus

Ancestry of “Breitschnauzen-Halbmaki”, step by step

Breitschnauzen-Halbmaki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Halbmaki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHalbmakibamboo lemur
2Germanhalbhalf, halfway; a half-hour before, thirty minutes...
3Middle High Germanhalp
4Old High Germanhalb
5Proto-West Germanichalbhalf
6Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via German breit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbreitbroad, wide; wide; drunk or high on marijuana;...
2Middle High Germanbreit
3Old High Germanbreitbroad, large
4Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
5Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

via German Schnauze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchnauzesnout; muzzle; shut up!
2Middle Low Germansnûte
3Old Dutchsnūt
4Proto-Germanicsnūtazsnout
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-