Where does “handelswaar” come from?
handelswaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch handel, 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.
handelswaar (Dutch): merchandise
Definitions
- merchandise
Ancestry of “handelswaar”, step by step
handelswaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch handel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | handel | trade; business, company; shop, store |
| 2 | Dutch | handelen | to trade, do business; to act |
| 3 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 4 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 5 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 6 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Dutch waar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | waar | where, in which place; where, the place that;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wāer | where, in which place |
| 3 | Old Dutch | wār | true |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |