Where does “handcraft” come from?

handcraft (English) comes from Middle English handcrafte, from Old English handcræft, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

handcraft (English): handicraft; The class of subjects for study that...

Definitions

  1. handicraft; The class of subjects for study that...

Ancestry of “handcraft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhandcrafte—
2Old Englishhandcræftdexterity
3Old EnglishhandA hand
4Proto-West Germanichanduhand
5SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
6Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
7Old Norsehǫndhand
8Proto-Germanichanduzhand
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →