Where does “beholder” come from?
beholder (Norwegian Bokmål) 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.
beholder (Norwegian Bokmål): a container; present tense of beholde
Definitions
- a container; present tense of beholde
Ancestry of “beholder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Behälter | container |
| 2 | German | behalten | to keep; to keep , to not reveal; to remember |
| 3 | Middle High German | behalten | — |
| 4 | Old High German | bihaltan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bihaldan | to keep |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haldan | to hold; to keep |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haldaną | to hold, to keep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |