Where does “Bestandshaltung” come from?

Bestandshaltung (German) comes from German haltung, from German halten, from English halt, from Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic halt, from Proto-Germanic haltaz, from Proto-Indo-European kol-d- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

Bestandshaltung (German): inventory management, holding of stock, asset holding the act of keeping and managing a stock of goods, materials, or financial assets over time

Definitions

  1. inventory management, holding of stock, asset holding the act of keeping and managing a stock of goods, materials, or financial assets over time

Ancestry of “Bestandshaltung”, step by step

Bestandshaltung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German haltung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaltungposture
2Germanhaltento hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to...
3EnglishhaltTo limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in...
4Middle EnglishhaltLimping, lame, crippled
5Old Englishhealtlame, limping
6Proto-West Germanichaltlame, halt
7Proto-Germanichaltazlame, halt
8Proto-Indo-Europeankol-d-
9Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

via German bestand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbestandfirst/third-person singular preterite of bestehen
2Germanbe-Inseparable verbal prefix that signifies working...
3Germanbe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel-