Where does “Lebensmitteleinzelhandel” come from?

Lebensmitteleinzelhandel (German) comes from German Einzelhandel, from German handel, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn — hand.

Lebensmitteleinzelhandel (German): food retailing

Definitions

  1. food retailing

Ancestry of “Lebensmitteleinzelhandel”, step by step

Lebensmitteleinzelhandel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Einzelhandel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinzelhandelretail
2Germanhandelinflection of handeln: ## first-person singular...
3Germanhandelnto act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;...
4EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
5Middle Englishhandel
6Old Englishhandlea handle
7Old Englishhandlianto handle
8Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
9Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
10Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via German Lebensmittel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLebensmittelany item or substance intended for human...
2Germanmittelmiddle, in the middle; average, middling
3Middle High Germanmittel
4Old High Germanmittil
5Proto-Germanicmidląmiddle
6Proto-Germanicmidjōmiddle, midst
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz
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