Where does “hanttimies” come from?

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

Ancestry of “hanttimies”, step by step

hanttimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hantti

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

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →