Where does “Einkaufswagenchip” come from?
Einkaufswagenchip (German) comes from German Einkaufswagen, from German wägen, from Middle High German wāgen, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag, from Proto-West Germanic wāg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz — to bring; to transport.
Einkaufswagenchip (German): trolley token coin-shaped piece of plastic or metal used to unhitch shopping trolleys in supermarkets and the like
Definitions
- trolley token coin-shaped piece of plastic or metal used to unhitch shopping trolleys in supermarkets and the like
Ancestry of “Einkaufswagenchip”, step by step
Einkaufswagenchip traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Einkaufswagen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Einkaufswagen | shopping cart, shopping trolley |
| 2 | German | wägen | to weigh something |
| 3 | Middle High German | wāgen | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | wāge | wave; scale |
| 5 | Middle Low German | wāge | wave |
| 6 | Old Saxon | wag | wave |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wāg | wave |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
via German Chip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Chip | chip |
| 2 | English | Chip | A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles |
| 3 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 4 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 5 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |