Where does “healf” come from?

healf (Old English) comes 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,...

healf (Old English): side; half; partly

Definitions

  1. side; half; partly

Ancestry of “healf”, step by step

healf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *halb

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

via Proto-West Germanic *halbu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*halbu—
2Proto-Germanic*halbōhalf, side

Words derived from “healf”

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