Where does “haleben” come from?

haleben (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hale, from Old Norse hala, from Middle Low German halen, from Old Saxon halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn, from Proto-Germanic halōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

haleben (Norwegian Bokmål): coccyx, tailbone

Definitions

  1. coccyx, tailbone

Ancestry of “haleben”, step by step

haleben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål hale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhalea tail; to haul, heave, pull; to drag
2Old Norsehala—
3Middle Low Germanhalen—
4Old Saxonhalōnto get
5Proto-West Germanichalōnto fetch, to get, to haul
6Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Norwegian Bokmål ben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbena leg; a bone
2Danishbenleg; bone
3Old Norsebeinleg; bone
4Proto-Germanicbainąleg; bone
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic halōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic halōn →