Where does “Haushaltsgegenstand” come from?
Haushaltsgegenstand (German) comes from German gegenstand, from Latin obiectum, from Latin obiectus, from Latin obiciō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
Haushaltsgegenstand (German): household item / object
Definitions
- household item / object
Ancestry of “Haushaltsgegenstand”, step by step
Haushaltsgegenstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German gegenstand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gegenstand | object, item, thing, article |
| 2 | Latin | obiectum | A charge, accusation |
| 3 | Latin | obiectus | offered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed |
| 4 | Latin | obiciō | to throw or put to, towards, in front of or before |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via German Haushalt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Haushalt | household; budget; housework |
| 2 | German | halten | to hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to... |
| 3 | English | halt | To limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in... |
| 4 | Middle English | halt | Limping, lame, crippled |
| 5 | Old English | healt | lame, limping |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | halt | lame, halt |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haltaz | lame, halt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kol-d- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |