Where does “Lebensmittelgroßhandel” come from?
Lebensmittelgroßhandel (German) comes from German Großhandel, 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.
Lebensmittelgroßhandel (German): food wholesaling
Definitions
- food wholesaling
Ancestry of “Lebensmittelgroßhandel”, step by step
Lebensmittelgroßhandel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Großhandel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Großhandel | wholesale |
| 2 | German | handel | inflection of handeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | German | handeln | to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;... |
| 4 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 5 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 6 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 7 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
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 |