Where does “vrijhandel” come from?
vrijhandel (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.
vrijhandel (Dutch): free trade
Definitions
- free trade
Ancestry of “vrijhandel”, step by step
vrijhandel 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 |