Where does “handicrafter” come from?
handicrafter (English) comes from English handicraft, 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.
handicrafter (English): One who engages in handicrafts
Definitions
- One who engages in handicrafts
Ancestry of “handicrafter”, step by step
handicrafter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English handicraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | handicraft | A trade requiring skill of hand; manual... |
| 2 | Old English | handcræft | dexterity |
| 3 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 5 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 6 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 7 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |