Where does “Buchbinder” come from?

Buchbinder (German) comes from German Binder, from German binden, from Middle High German binden, from Old High German bintan, from Proto-West Germanic bindan, from Proto-Germanic bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

Buchbinder (German): bookbinder of male or unspecified sex

Definitions

  1. bookbinder of male or unspecified sex

Ancestry of “Buchbinder”, step by step

Buchbinder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Binder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBindergirder, tie; binder
2Germanbindento tie up; to fasten; to bind together; to knot;...
3Middle High Germanbindento bind
4Old High Germanbintanto bind
5Proto-West Germanicbindanto bind, to tie
6Proto-Germanicbindanąto bind, to tie
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

via German būch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbūchbook collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication
2Middle High Germanbuoch—
3Old High Germanbuohbook
4Proto-Germanicbōk—
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “Buchbinder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →