Where does “behandelaar” come from?

behandelaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch behandelen, from Dutch handelen, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn, from Proto-Germanic handlōną — hand.

behandelaar (Dutch): therapist, one providing a therapy; One who...

Definitions

  1. therapist, one providing a therapy; One who...

Ancestry of “behandelaar”, step by step

behandelaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch behandelen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbehandelento handle, to treat; to treat; to deal with,...
2Dutchhandelento trade, do business; to act
3EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
4Middle Englishhandel
5Old Englishhandlea handle
6Old Englishhandlianto handle
7Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
8Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
9Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Dutch aar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaarear; eagle; Alternative form of ader
2Middle Dutchâerear
3Old Dutchār
4Proto-Germanicahazear
5Proto-Finnicahtasnarrow, cramped
6Proto-Balticanśtas
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énǵʰusnarrow, tight
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz