Where does “Halbfinger-Gecko” come from?

Halbfinger-Gecko (German) comes 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,...

Halbfinger-Gecko (German): house gecko (Hemidactylus)

Definitions

  1. house gecko (Hemidactylus)

Ancestry of “Halbfinger-Gecko”, step by step

Halbfinger-Gecko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German halb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhalbhalf, halfway; a half-hour before, thirty minutes...
2Middle High Germanhalp
3Old High Germanhalb
4Proto-West Germanichalbhalf
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 German Finger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFingerfinger
2Middle High Germanvingerfinger
3Old High Germanfingarfinger
4Proto-West Germanicfingrfinger
5Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós

via German Gecko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGeckogecko
2DutchgekkoA gecko, legged lizard of the family Gekkonidae...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-
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