Where does “Gleichbehandlung” come from?

Gleichbehandlung (German) comes from German Behandlung, from German behandeln, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn — hand.

Gleichbehandlung (German): equal treatment

Definitions

  1. equal treatment

Ancestry of “Gleichbehandlung”, step by step

Gleichbehandlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Behandlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBehandlungtreatment
2Germanbehandelnto treat; to cover
3Germanhandelnto act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;...
4EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
5Middle Englishhandel
6Old Englishhandlea handle
7Old Englishhandlianto handle
8Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
9Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
10Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via German gleich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangleichequal; same; very similar; same; identical
2Middle High Germangelīch
3Old High Germangilīhequal
4Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
5Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz