Where does “Körperhälfte” come from?
Körperhälfte (German) comes from German Hälfte, 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,...
Körperhälfte (German): body half
Definitions
- body half
Ancestry of “Körperhälfte”, step by step
Körperhälfte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Hälfte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hälfte | half; fifty percent of something; half, share;... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | helfte | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | halbiþō | half |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | halbaz | half |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |