Where does “Unterflurbehälter” come from?

Unterflurbehälter (German) comes from German Behälter, from German behalten, from Middle High German behalten, from Old High German bihaltan, from Proto-West Germanic bihaldan, from Proto-West Germanic haldan, from Proto-Germanic haldaną, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

Unterflurbehälter (German): underground waste collection container with overground insertion point

Definitions

  1. underground waste collection container with overground insertion point

Ancestry of “Unterflurbehälter”, step by step

Unterflurbehälter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Behälter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBehältercontainer
2Germanbehaltento keep, to retain (money, items, etc. in one's possession)
3Middle High Germanbehalten—
4Old High Germanbihaltan—
5Proto-West Germanicbihaldanto keep
6Proto-West Germanichaldanto hold; to keep
7Proto-Germanichaldanąto hold, to keep
8Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

via German unterflur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunterflur—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haldaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haldan →
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