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Where does “hanttihomma” come from?

hanttihomma (Finnish) comes from Finnish hantti, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

hanttihomma (Finnish): odd job; shitwork, McJob

Definitions

  1. odd job; shitwork, McJob

Ancestry of “hanttihomma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhanttiShort for hanttikortti; odd, incidental;...
2SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
3Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
4Old Norsehǫndhand
5Proto-Germanichanduzhand
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →