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

  1. body half

Ancestry of “Körperhälfte”, step by step

Körperhälfte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hälfte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHälftehalf; fifty percent of something; half, share;...
2Middle Low Germanhelfte
3Proto-Germanichalbiþōhalf
4Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via German körper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankörperbody (of a person, animal, etc.)
2Middle High Germankörper
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-Every word from Proto-Germanic halbaz