Where does “Handball” come from?

Handball (German) comes from German Hand, from Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

Handball (German): handball Olympic team sport

Definitions

  1. handball Olympic team sport

Ancestry of “Handball”, step by step

Handball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHandhand
2Old High Germanhanthand
3Proto-West Germanichanduhand
4SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
5Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
6Old Norsehǫndhand
7Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via German Ball

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBallball round or roundish object, most commonly used in games
2Old High Germanbalball
3Northern Samibállutesticle, ball
4Northern Samiballátto become scared
5Proto-Samicpëlājëtēkto become scared
6Proto-Samicpëlëtēkto fear
7Proto-Uralicpele-to fear
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →
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