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Where does “oorlogshandeling” come from?

oorlogshandeling (Dutch) comes from Dutch handeling, 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.

oorlogshandeling (Dutch): wartime action, act of war

Definitions

  1. wartime action, act of war

Ancestry of “oorlogshandeling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhandelingact, action
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
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