Where does “pewholding” come from?
pewholding (English) comes from English holding, from English hold, from English hole, from Middle English hole, from Old English hol, from Proto-West Germanic hol, from Proto-Germanic hulą, from Proto-Germanic hulaz — to cover; to incline.
pewholding (English): The system by which people can reserve pews for...
Definitions
- The system by which people can reserve pews for...
Ancestry of “pewholding”, step by step
pewholding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English holding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | holding | Something that one owns, especially stocks and... |
| 2 | English | hold | To grasp or grip; To contain or store; "To... |
| 3 | English | hole | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit;... |
| 4 | Middle English | hole | healthy; safe; whole, complete, full |
| 5 | Old English | hol | a hole, a hollow; calumny; slander |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hol | hollow; hole |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via English Pew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pew | One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel |
| 2 | Welsh | ap | A patronymic indicator; son of |
| 3 | Welsh | fab | Soft mutation of mab |
| 4 | Welsh | mab | boy, son, infant, child of either sex, minor, youth |
| 5 | Old Welsh | map | son |
| 6 | Proto-Brythonic | mab | son |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | makʷos | son |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mh₂ḱwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ḱ- | to raise, increase; long |