Where does “rightsholding” come from?

rightsholding (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.

rightsholding (English): Holding the legal rights to something

Definitions

  1. Holding the legal rights to something

Ancestry of “rightsholding”, step by step

rightsholding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English holding

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishholdingSomething that one owns, especially stocks and...
2EnglishholdTo grasp or grip; To contain or store; "To...
3EnglishholeA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit;...
4Middle Englishholehealthy; safe; whole, complete, full
5Old Englishhola hole, a hollow; calumny; slander
6Proto-West Germanicholhollow; hole
7Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
8Proto-Germanichulazhollow
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via English rights

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishrightsplural of right; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishrightStraight, not bent; Of an angle, having a size of...
3Middle EnglishrightA good deed, right action; A just or equitable...
4Old Englishrihtstraight; right, true, correct; rightful,...
5Proto-West Germanicrehtstraight; right, correct; morally upright, just
6Proto-Germanicrehtazright, straight; morally upright, just
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵtósstraightened, right, upright
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-Every word from Proto-Germanic hulazEvery word from Proto-Germanic hulą
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