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Calque of GermanPaternosteraufzug. Compound of paternoster(“paternoster; rosary”) + hiss(“elevator; lift”). Named after the constructions visual similarity to a Catholic paternoster(“rosary”), a byname from the first two words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin, "paternoster"(“our father”). First attested in 1909.[1]
2019 July 31, Lennart Lundquist, “Paternosterhiss förbjuds efter allvarlig olycka [Paternoster lift banned after serious accident]”, in Arbetarskydd:
Hur allvarligt den anställde skadade sig vid olyckan i den så kallad paternosterhissen i december 2018, på Vargön Alloys utanför Vänersborg, framgår inte av Arbetsmiljöverkets förbud.
How seriously the employee was injured in the accident in the so-called manlift in December 2018, at Vargön Alloys outside Vänersborg, is not clear from the Work Environment Authority's ban.
