Where does “Hälfte” come from?

Hälfte (German) comes from Middle Low German helfte, from Proto-Germanic halbiþō, from Proto-Germanic halbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Hälfte (German): half; fifty percent of something; half, share;...

Definitions

  1. half; fifty percent of something; half, share;...

Ancestry of “Hälfte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhelfte—
2Proto-Germanichalbiþōhalf
3Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “Hälfte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic halbaz →