Where does “Halbzeit” come from?

Halbzeit (German) comes from English half-time, from English half, from Middle English half, from Old English healf, from Proto-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,...

Halbzeit (German): half; half time

Definitions

  1. half; half time

Ancestry of “Halbzeit”, step by step

Halbzeit traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English half-time

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhalf-timeThe interval between the two halves of a sports match
2EnglishhalfConsisting of a half; Consisting of some...
3Middle Englishhalfhalf
4Old Englishhealfside; half; partly
5Proto-Germanic*halb—
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 Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

via German halb

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

Words derived from “Halbzeit”

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