Where does “Haushaltsgerät” come from?

Haushaltsgerät (German) comes from German Gerät, from Middle High German geræte, from Old High German girāti, from Old High German rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Haushaltsgerät (German): household appliance

Definitions

  1. household appliance

Ancestry of “Haushaltsgerät”, step by step

Haushaltsgerät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gerät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGerätdevice, tool, appliance, machine; equipment,...
2Middle High Germangeræteequipment; consultation; equipment
3Old High Germangirātiadvice, consultation
4Old High Germanrātadvice, council; advise
5Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
6Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via German Haushalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHaushalthousehold; budget; housework
2Germanhaltento hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to...
3EnglishhaltTo limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in...
4Middle EnglishhaltLimping, lame, crippled
5Old Englishhealtlame, limping
6Proto-West Germanichaltlame, halt
7Proto-Germanichaltazlame, halt
8Proto-Indo-Europeankol-d-
9Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-
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