Where does “handplay” come from?

handplay (English) comes from Middle English handpleie, from Old English handplega, 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.

handplay (English): Hand-to-hand combat; In the game of skat, the...

Definitions

  1. Hand-to-hand combat; In the game of skat, the...

Ancestry of “handplay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhandpleie—
2Old Englishhandplegafighting
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 →
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