half
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- half
Etymology
Inherited from Old English healf (half) inherited from *halb inherited from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (half).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*halbaz
Gloss
half
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
半
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behalf English
- half English
- half birthday English
- half-brained English
- half-op English
- half-pant English
- half-plane English
- halfback English
- halfbeak English
- halfcock English
- halfcourt English
- halfer English
- halfful English
- halfie English
- halflife English
- halfling English
- halfmonth English
- halfness English
- halfpace English
- halfpenny English
- halfpike English
- halfplanar English
- halfsie English
- halfsies English
- halfspace English
- halfwave English
- halfwidth English
- halfword English
- penny English
- shelter half English
- *halbaz Proto-Germanic
- *halbijaną Proto-Germanic
- ハーフ Japanese
- halpenige Old English
- healf Old English
- healf tid Old English
- healfbrocen Old English
- healfcwic Old English
- healfdead Old English
- healfscyldig Old English
- healftrendel Old English
- healfweg Old English
- sperehealf Old English
- spinelhealf Old English
- halpeni Middle English
- halpeni, halpenī Middle English
- peni Middle English
- halfr Old Norse
- halb Old High German
- half Old High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 Gothic
- *halb gmw-pro
- *half Old Dutch
- uhhafu Zulu
- half Old Frisian
- hap Tok Pisin
- hapailan Tok Pisin
- hapkas Tok Pisin
- hapa Hawaiian
- haafaa Fiji Hindi
- aapa Pitjantjatjara