Where does “Bekleidungsgeschäft” come from?

Bekleidungsgeschäft (German) comes from German geschäft, from German schaffen, from Middle High German schaffen, from Old High German scaffan, from Proto-West Germanic skappjan, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Bekleidungsgeschäft (German): clothing store, clothes shop, outerwear store

Definitions

  1. clothing store, clothes shop, outerwear store

Ancestry of “Bekleidungsgeschäft”, step by step

Bekleidungsgeschäft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German geschäft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangeschäftshop, store
2Germanschaffento create; to produce; to make; to cause; to...
3Middle High Germanschaffento make, create
4Old High Germanscaffan
5Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

via German Bekleidung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBekleidungclothing; garb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab-Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic skappjan