Where does “handskerum” come from?

handskerum (Danish) comes from Danish handske, from Old Danish hanzkæ, from Old Norse hanzki, from Middle Low German hantsche, from Old Saxon handsko, from Old Saxon hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand — hand.

handskerum (Danish): glove compartment

Definitions

  1. glove compartment

Ancestry of “handskerum”, step by step

handskerum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish handske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhandskea glove
2Old Danishhanzkæ—
3Old Norsehanzkiglove
4Middle Low Germanhantsche—
5Old Saxonhandskogauntlet, glove
6Old SaxonhandA hand
7Proto-West Germanichanduhand
8SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
9Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
10Old Norsehǫndhand
11Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Danish rum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishrumroom; compartment; space
2Old Norserúmroom; space
3Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →