halfdead

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*halbadaudaz“halfdead”
2. Old English · inherited fromhealfdēad“half-dead”
3. Middle English · inherited fromhalfdede
4. English todayhalfdead

From Middle English halfdede, from Old English healfdēad (“half-dead”), from Proto-Germanic *halbadaudaz (“halfdead”), equivalent to half- + dead. Cognate with West Frisian healdea (“halfdead”), Dutch halfdood (“halfdead”), German Low German halvdood (“halfdead”), German halbtot (“halfdead”), Swedish halvdöd (“halfdead”).