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English word half comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-, Proto-Finnic *halpa (Bad. Cheap.)
*(s)kel- (Proto-Indo-European)
to be obliged, be beholden to, owe, be guilty, to lean, bend; joint, to be guilty, be obligated, owe, to cut, to cut, trim, to crook, bend, to be obligated, owe, be guilty
*halpa (Proto-Finnic)
Bad. Cheap.
*skleyd- (Proto-Indo-European)
*halbaz (Proto-Germanic)
Half.
healf (Old English)
(West Saxon) half.
half (Middle English)
half (English)
(of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.. (rare, of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.. Consisting of a half (1/2, 50%).. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect. (obsolete) part; side; behalf. (preceded by “a” or a number) The [...]