Where does “Gebrauchtwagenhandel” come from?
Gebrauchtwagenhandel (German) comes from German handel, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn, from Proto-Germanic handlōną — hand.
Gebrauchtwagenhandel (German): used-car trading business
Definitions
- used-car trading business
Ancestry of “Gebrauchtwagenhandel”, step by step
Gebrauchtwagenhandel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German handel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | handel | inflection of handeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | handeln | to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;... |
| 3 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 4 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 5 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 6 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via German Gebrauchtwagen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gebrauchtwagen | used car, second-hand vehicle |
| 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 |