Where does “handle” come from?

handle (Danish) comes from Old Norse handla, from Proto-Germanic handlōną, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

handle (Danish): act; trade, shop

Definitions

  1. act; trade, shop

Ancestry of “handle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehandla—
2Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
3Proto-Germanichanduzhand

Words derived from “handle”

Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic handlōną →Every word from Old Norse handla →