Where does “Verkaufsstelle” come from?

Verkaufsstelle (German) comes from German Stelle, from German Stellen, from Middle High German stellen, from Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

Verkaufsstelle (German): ticket office

Definitions

  1. ticket office

Ancestry of “Verkaufsstelle”, step by step

Verkaufsstelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stelle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStelleplace, stead, location, position, lieu; position...
2GermanStellengerund of stellen; plural of Stelle
3Middle High Germanstellento put, to place
4Old High Germanstellen
5Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via German verkauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverkaufsale
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljanEvery word from Old High German stellen