Where does “halb” come from?

halb (German) comes 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,...

halb (German): half, halfway; a half-hour before, thirty minutes...

Definitions

  1. half, halfway; a half-hour before, thirty minutes...

Ancestry of “halb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhalp—
2Old High Germanhalb—
3Proto-West Germanichalbhalf
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,...

Words derived from “halb”

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