Where does “halvmåne” come from?
halvmåne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål måne, from Old Norse máni, from Proto-Norse ᛗᚨᚾᛟ, from Proto-Germanic mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
halvmåne (Norwegian Bokmål): a half-moon
Ancestry of “halvmåne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | måne | moon |
| 2 | Old Norse | máni | the moon |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᛗᚨᚾᛟ | the moon |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mēnô | moon |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mḗh₁n̥s | moon; month |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |