Where does “behandle” come from?

behandle (English) comes from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn, from Proto-Germanic handlōną, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

behandle (English): To handle all about; take in one's hands; care...

Definitions

  1. To handle all about; take in one's hands; care...

Ancestry of “behandle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
2Middle Englishhandel—
3Old Englishhandlea handle
4Old Englishhandlianto handle
5Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
6Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
7Proto-Germanichanduzhand
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