Where does “Loseblattsammlung” come from?

Loseblattsammlung (German) comes from German blatt, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

Loseblattsammlung (German): looseleaf service

Definitions

  1. looseleaf service

Ancestry of “Loseblattsammlung”, step by step

Loseblattsammlung traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German blatt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblattleaf green and flat organ of a plant
2Middle High Germanblatleaf
3Old High Germanblatleaf
4Proto-West Germanicbladleaf; sheet; blade
5Proto-Germanicbladąleaf; sheet; blade
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlh̥₃oto—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via German Sammlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSammlungcollection; raising; gathering
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

via German lose

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanloseloose, slack; inflection of losen: ##...
2Old High Germanlōsloose; free; lacking; sly, deceitful
3Proto-West Germaniclausloose, free
4Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →