Where does “halbijan” come from?

halbijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic halbijaną, from Proto-Germanic halbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

halbijan (Proto-West Germanic): to halve, to cut in half

Definitions

  1. to halve, to cut in half

Ancestry of “halbijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichalbijanąto halve
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,...

Words derived from “halbijan”

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