Where does “Handelskammer” come from?

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

Handelskammer (German): chamber of commerce

Definitions

  1. chamber of commerce

Ancestry of “Handelskammer”, step by step

Handelskammer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German handel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhandelinflection of handeln: ## first-person singular...
2Germanhandelnto act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;...
3EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
4Middle Englishhandel
5Old Englishhandlea handle
6Old Englishhandlianto handle
7Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
8Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
9Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via German kammer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankammerchamber; room
2Middle High Germankamer
3Old High Germanchamara
4LatincameraA chamber in its various senses, "including";...
5Ancient GreekκαμάραAnything with an arched cover such as a covered...
6Proto-Iraniankamarā-something curved
7Proto-Iraniankamárati
8Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic handlōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic handulōn