Where does “Handelsplattform” come from?

Handelsplattform (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.

Handelsplattform (German): trading platform a software system used to trade financial products, such as stocks, bonds, or currencies, via a network

Definitions

  1. trading platform a software system used to trade financial products, such as stocks, bonds, or currencies, via a network

Ancestry of “Handelsplattform”, step by step

Handelsplattform 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 Plattform

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPlattformplatform
2FrenchplateformeAlternative form of plate-forme
3Frenchplate-formeplatform
4Middle Frenchplateformea flat form
5Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic handlōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic handulōn