Where does “Handers” come from?

Handers (English) comes from Middle English hawke, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-West Germanic habuk, from Proto-Germanic habukaz, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

Handers (English): The ship of Anders and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II

Definitions

  1. The ship of Anders and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II

Ancestry of “Handers”, step by step

Handers traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English hawke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhawkeAlternative form of hauke
2Old Englishhafochawk
3Proto-West Germanichabukhawk
4Proto-Germanichabukazhawk
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via English Anders

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAnders—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Germanic habukaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic habuk →