Where does “plastbeholder” come from?
plastbeholder (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål beholder, 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 — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
plastbeholder (Norwegian Bokmål): a plastic container
Definitions
- a plastic container
Ancestry of “plastbeholder”, step by step
plastbeholder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål beholder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | beholder | a container; present tense of beholde |
| 2 | German | Behälter | container |
| 3 | German | behalten | to keep, to retain (money, items, etc. in one's possession) |
| 4 | Middle High German | behalten | — |
| 5 | Old High German | bihaltan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bihaldan | to keep |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | haldan | to hold; to keep |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haldaną | to hold, to keep |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |
via Norwegian Bokmål plast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | plast | plastic |
| 2 | English | plastic | A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer,... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |