Words that come from Old Norse “hǫnd”

400 words across 34 languages descend from Old Norse hǫnd — including hand, hands, handed, handful, handkerchief, balloon, handy, handwriting.

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English (266)

Swedish (42)

Dutch (21)

Icelandic (16)

Danish (8)

French (5)

Turkish (4)

North Frisian (3)

Italian (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Faroese (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Japanese (2)

Hungarian (2)

Galician (2)

Middle French (1)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Samoan Plantation Pidgin (1)

Low German (1)

Korean (1)

Catalan (1)

Esperanto (1)

Old Danish (1)

Russian (1)

Sicilian (1)

Estonian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Mòcheno (1)

Armenian (1)