Words that come from Proto-Germanic handuz

400 words across 33 languages descend from Proto-Germanic handuz — including hand, hands, handle, handed, handful, handkerchief, balloon, handy.

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English (280)

Dutch (41)

Swedish (16)

Icelandic (16)

French (5)

Danish (5)

Old Swedish (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Frisian (2)

North Frisian (2)

Faroese (2)

Hungarian (2)

Middle French (1)

Italian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Samoan Plantation Pidgin (1)

Yiddish (1)

Low German (1)

Korean (1)

Catalan (1)

Polish (1)

Japanese (1)

Esperanto (1)

Turkish (1)

Old Danish (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Gothic (1)

Russian (1)

Sicilian (1)