Where does “handicam” come from?

handicam (English) comes from English Handy, from English handgun, from English gun, from Middle English gunne, from Old Norse Gunnhildr, from Old Norse Gunnr, from Old Norse guðr, from Proto-Germanic gunþiz.

handicam (English): a handheld camcorder

Definitions

  1. a handheld camcorder

Ancestry of “handicam”, step by step

handicam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Handy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHandyEasy to use, useful
2EnglishhandgunA small gun with a relatively short barrel,...
3EnglishgunA device for projecting a hard object very...
4Middle EnglishgunneA trebuchet or similar kind of pellet-firing...
5Old NorseGunnhildr
6Old NorseGunnrbattle, war
7Old Norseguðrbattle, war
8Proto-Germanicgunþizbattle
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰéntisstriking, killing
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-

via English Cam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCamwhich passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse
2EnglishcameraA device for taking still or moving pictures or...
3New Latincamera obscuradark chamber
4LatincameraA chamber in its various senses, "including";...
5Ancient GreekκαμάραAnything with an arched cover such as a covered...
6Proto-Iraniankamarā-something curved
7Proto-Iraniankamárati
8Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve

Words derived from “handicam

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰéntis