Where does “Gemischtwarengeschäft” come from?

Gemischtwarengeschäft (German) comes from German geschäft, from German schaffen, from Middle High German schaffen, from Old High German scaffan, from Proto-West Germanic skappjan, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Gemischtwarengeschäft (German): general store

Definitions

  1. general store

Ancestry of “Gemischtwarengeschäft”, step by step

Gemischtwarengeschäft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German geschäft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangeschäftshop, store
2Germanschaffento create; to produce; to make; to cause; to...
3Middle High Germanschaffento make, create
4Old High Germanscaffan
5Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

via German Gemischtwaren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGemischtwaren
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab-