English

halfsleep

From half- + sleep.

Formed from half- + sleep

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Germanic *slēpaną ‘to sleep’

Proto-West Germanic *slāpan

Anglian Old English slēpan ‘to sleep’

Middle English slepen ‘to sleep’

English sleep

Today it means

noun State between being awake and being asleep; light sleep.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / halfsleep