Where does “halvørken” come from?
halvørken (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål halv, from Old Norse halfr, from Proto-Germanic halbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
halvørken (Norwegian Bokmål): a semi-desert semi-arid region
Definitions
- a semi-desert semi-arid region
Ancestry of “halvørken”, step by step
halvørken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål halv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | halv | half |
| 2 | Old Norse | halfr | half |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | halbaz | half |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |
via Norwegian Bokmål ørken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ørken | desert |