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Where does “Baumwollhandschuh” come from?

Baumwollhandschuh (German) comes from German Handschuh, from Middle High German hantschuoch, from Old High German hantscuoh, from Proto-Germanic handuskōhaz.

Baumwollhandschuh (German): cotton glove

Definitions

  1. cotton glove

Ancestry of “Baumwollhandschuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHandschuhglove; mitten, mitt; gauntlet
2Middle High Germanhantschuoch—
3Old High Germanhantscuoh—
4Proto-Germanichanduskōhaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuskōhaz →