Where does “healfbrocen” come from?

healfbrocen (Old English) comes from Old English healf-, 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,...

healfbrocen (Old English): half-broken

Definitions

  1. half-broken

Ancestry of “healfbrocen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhealf-half
2Old Englishhealfside; half; partly
3Proto-Germanic*halb—
4Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
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