Where does “Gemüsehandlung” come from?

Gemüsehandlung (German) comes from German Handlung, 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.

Gemüsehandlung (German): greengrocery, a greengrocer's store

Definitions

  1. greengrocery, a greengrocer's store

Ancestry of “Gemüsehandlung”, step by step

Gemüsehandlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Handlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHandlungplot; deed; action, act
2Germanhandelnto act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;...
3EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
4Middle Englishhandel
5Old Englishhandlea handle
6Old Englishhandlianto handle
7Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
8Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
9Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via German Gemüse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGemüsevegetable; vegetables; a seasoned vegetable-based...
2Middle High Germangemüese
3Old High Germanmuosfood, victuals, porridge; porridge, food, meal,...
4Proto-West Germanicmōswet food, mush, porridge
5Proto-Germanicmōsąwet food, mush, porridge; food, victuals
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic handlōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic handulōn