Where does “unhandleable” come from?

unhandleable (English) comes from English handleable, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn, from Proto-Germanic handlōną, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

unhandleable (English): That cannot be handled

Definitions

  1. That cannot be handled

Ancestry of “unhandleable”, step by step

unhandleable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English handleable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhandleableCapable of being handled
2EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
3Middle Englishhandel
4Old Englishhandlea handle
5Old Englishhandlianto handle
6Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
7Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
8Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz