Where does “Lebensmittelgeschäft” come from?
Lebensmittelgeschäft (German) comes from German Lebensmittel, from German mittel, from Middle High German mittel, from Old High German mittil, from Proto-Germanic midlą, from Proto-Germanic midjō, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
Lebensmittelgeschäft (German): grocery, grocery store
Definitions
- grocery, grocery store
Ancestry of “Lebensmittelgeschäft”, step by step
Lebensmittelgeschäft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lebensmittel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lebensmittel | any item or substance intended for human... |
| 2 | German | mittel | middle, in the middle; average, middling |
| 3 | Middle High German | mittel | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mittil | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |
via German geschäft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | geschäft | shop, store |
| 2 | German | schaffen | to create; to produce; to make; to cause; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | schaffen | to make, create |
| 4 | Old High German | scaffan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skappjan | to make, to create |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |