Where does “bag gas” come from?

bag gas (English) comes from English bag, from Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi, from Proto-Indo-European bʰak-.

bag gas (English): Natural gas for use as fuel in the home which has been stored in an inflated plastic bag as form of improvised storage device, with the bag being disconnected and refilled as needed; especially such gas which has to be carried some distance back to the home in the bag

Definitions

  1. Natural gas for use as fuel in the home which has been stored in an inflated plastic bag as form of improvised storage device, with the bag being disconnected and refilled as needed; especially such gas which has to be carried some distance back to the home in the bag

Ancestry of “bag gas”, step by step

bag gas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbagA flexible container made of cloth, paper,...
2Middle EnglishbaggeA fabric container; a bag, sack, pouch, purse, or...
3Old Norsebaggibag, pack, satchel, bundle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰak-

via English gas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgasMatter in a state intermediate between liquid and...
2Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰak-Every word from Old Norse baggiEvery word from Middle English bagge
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