Where does “Spielhälfte” come from?
Spielhälfte (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,...
Spielhälfte (German): half one of two portions of the pitch, separated by the halfway line
Definitions
- half one of two portions of the pitch, separated by the halfway line
Ancestry of “Spielhälfte”, step by step
Spielhälfte 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,... |