Where does “deshalb” come from?

deshalb (German) comes from Middle High German deshalp, 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,...

deshalb (German): therefore; for that (reason), because of that

Definitions

  1. therefore; for that (reason), because of that

Ancestry of “deshalb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandeshalp—
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,...

Words derived from “deshalb”

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