Where does “elfeinhalb” come from?
elfeinhalb (German) comes from German Elf, from English elf, from Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.
elfeinhalb (German): eleven and a half
Definitions
- eleven and a half
Ancestry of “elfeinhalb”, step by step
elfeinhalb traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Elf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Elf | eleven; football team, XI; elf |
| 2 | English | elf | A luminous spirit presiding over nature and... |
| 3 | Middle English | elf | elf, fairy; spirit, shade |
| 4 | Old English | ielf | elf |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | albi | elf, fairy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | albī | river |
| 7 | Latin | Albis | — |
| 8 | Latin | Albeus | — |
via German halb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | halb | half, halfway; a half-hour before, thirty minutes... |
| 2 | Middle High German | halp | — |
| 3 | Old High German | halb | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | halb | half |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | halbaz | half |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |