Where does “mishandling” come from?

mishandling (Danish) comes from Danish mishandle, from Middle Low German mishandelen.

mishandling (Danish): abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment

Definitions

  1. abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment

Ancestry of “mishandling”, step by step

mishandling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish mishandle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmishandleto abuse, mistreat, maltreat
2Middle Low Germanmishandelen—

via Danish ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishing—

Words derived from “mishandling”

Every word from Middle Low German mishandelen →Every word from Danish mishandle →