Where does “halpenige” come from?

halpenige (Old English) comes from Old English healf, from Proto-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,...

halpenige (Old English): halfpenny

Definitions

  1. halfpenny

Ancestry of “halpenige”, step by step

halpenige traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English healf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhealfside; half; partly
2Proto-Germanic*halb—
3Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via Old English penning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpenningpenny
2Proto-Germanicpanningaza coin, penny

Words derived from “halpenige”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic halbaz →