Where does “steinholding” come from?

steinholding (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.

steinholding (English): A bar game where one holds a full stein of beer with a straight arm out front for as long as possible without bending, dipping, or, spilling beer

Definitions

  1. A bar game where one holds a full stein of beer with a straight arm out front for as long as possible without bending, dipping, or, spilling beer

Ancestry of “steinholding”, step by step

steinholding traces back through 3 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 Stein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSteinfrom a diminutive of Stephen
2Germansteinstone, rock
3Middle High Germansteinstone
4Old High Germansteinstone
5Proto-West Germanicstainstone
6Proto-Germanicstainazstone
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteyh₂-to stiffen
8Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via German Maßkrugstemmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaßkrugstemmensteinholding
2GermanMaßkrugA type of beer stein
3Germanmaßfirst/third-person singular preterite of messen
4Middle High Germanmāz
5Old High Germanmāza
6Palimātugen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of...
7Proto-Germanicmētōmeasure; size
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-Every word from Proto-Germanic hulazEvery word from Proto-Germanic hulą