Where does “handling” come from?

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

handling (Danish): action, act

Definitions

  1. action, act

Ancestry of “handling”, step by step

handling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish handle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhandleact; trade, shop
2Old Norsehandla—
3Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
4Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Danish ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishing—

Words derived from “handling”

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