hálfu
Hálfu is a linguistic term that denotes the concept of “half” in several Germanic languages, most notably Icelandic. In Icelandic, the word is closely related to other forms that express half, and it appears in mathematical, temporal, and proportional contexts. As a grammatical form, hálfu is one of the inflected variants of the core word that expresses division or partial quantity.
Hálfu originates from the Proto-Germanic root *halbaz, a common source for the word “half” across Germanic languages.
In practice, hálfu functions as a variant of the base term used in specific grammatical contexts within
Hálfu and its related forms illustrate how Germanic languages encode ratios and fractions through inflection. The
Half (disambiguation), Fractions, Proto-Germanic, Icelandic grammar.