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Where does “halvkule” come from?

halvkule (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kule, from English cool, from Middle English cool, from Middle English pek, from Middle English pike, from Old English pīc, from Proto-Germanic *pīk, from Latin pix — sap, juice.

halvkule (Norwegian Bokmål): hemisphere

Definitions

  1. hemisphere

Ancestry of “halvkule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkulea bullet; a sphere; a ball
2EnglishcoolHaving a slightly low temperature; mildly or...
3Middle Englishcool—
4Middle Englishpek—
5Middle EnglishpikeAlternative form of pyke; pike; sharp point, iron...
6Old Englishpīcpointed object, pick axe
7Proto-Germanic*pīk—
8Latinpixpitch, tar
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
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