Where does “Handelsreisender” come from?
Handelsreisender (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.
Handelsreisender (German): travelling salesman, travelling salesman
Definitions
- travelling salesman, travelling salesman
Ancestry of “Handelsreisender”, step by step
Handelsreisender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German handel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | handel | inflection of handeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | handeln | to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;... |
| 3 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 4 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 5 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 6 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via German Reisender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Reisender | tourist; traveller, voyager; genitive singular of... |
| 2 | German | reisend | present participle of reisen; traveling |
| 3 | German | reisen | to travel; to fall |
| 4 | Middle High German | reisen | to fall |
| 5 | Old High German | reisōn | to arise, set out, set out on a journey |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *raisōn | to set out, depart, journey |
| 7 | Finnish | raisu | boisterous, rambunctious |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | raisō | a travel, journey |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rey- | to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise |