Where does “halblustig” come from?

halblustig (German) comes from German halb, 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,...

halblustig (German): unfunny

Definitions

  1. unfunny

Ancestry of “halblustig”, step by step

halblustig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German halb

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

via German lustīg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlustīgfunny, humorous
2Middle High Germanlustec
3Old High Germanlustīg
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-Every word from Proto-Germanic halbaz