Where does “Onlineriese” come from?

Onlineriese (German) comes from German online, from English online, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną — flax.

Onlineriese (German): online giant large internet company

Definitions

  1. online giant large internet company

Ancestry of “Onlineriese”, step by step

Onlineriese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German online

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanonlineonline
2EnglishonlineOf a system: connected to a larger network;...
3EnglishlineA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight
4Middle Englishlinerope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,...
5Old Englishlīneline, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,...
6Proto-West Germanic*līnāline, chord, rope, string
7Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
8Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

via German Riese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRiesegiant
2Middle High Germanrise
3Old High Germanrisogiant
4Proto-West Germanicrisigiant
5Proto-Germanicrisiza giant
6Proto-Germanicrīsanąto scale; move vertically; to rise
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rey-to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līno-Every word from Proto-Germanic līnąEvery word from Proto-Germanic līnǭ
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