Where does “deft-handedness” come from?
deft-handedness (English) comes from English deft-handed, from English handed, from English Hand, from Middle English hond, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand — hand.
deft-handedness (English): Skill or aptitude for manual tasks
Definitions
- Skill or aptitude for manual tasks
Ancestry of “deft-handedness”, step by step
deft-handedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deft-handed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deft-handed | Manually skillful, smooth and quick |
| 2 | English | handed | Having a certain kind or number of hands; Having... |
| 3 | English | Hand | The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals |
| 4 | Middle English | hond | hand; Alternative form of hound |
| 5 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 7 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 8 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 9 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |