Where does “Getränkehändler” come from?

Getränkehändler (German) comes from German Händler, 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.

Getränkehändler (German): a seller of beverages

Definitions

  1. a seller of beverages

Ancestry of “Getränkehändler”, step by step

Getränkehändler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Händler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHändlertrader, merchant
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 Getränke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGetränke
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic handlōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic handulōn
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