Where does “anderhalb” come from?

anderhalb (Old High German) comes from Old High German halb, from Proto-West 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,...

anderhalb (Old High German): one and a half

Definitions

  1. one and a half

Ancestry of “anderhalb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhalb—
2Proto-West Germanichalbhalf
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,...

Words derived from “anderhalb”

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