Where does “handicraft” come from?
Handicraft comes from Old English handcræft, a compound of hand and cræft meaning skill or craft.
handicraft (English): A trade requiring skill of hand; manual...
Definitions
- A trade requiring skill of hand; manual...
Ancestry of “handicraft”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | handcræft | dexterity |
| 2 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 4 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 5 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 6 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
Words derived from “handicraft”