Where does “Handelsspanne” come from?

Handelsspanne (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.

Handelsspanne (German): trade margin, markup the difference between the purchasing price and the selling price of a product, often expressed as a percentage of the selling price

Definitions

  1. trade margin, markup the difference between the purchasing price and the selling price of a product, often expressed as a percentage of the selling price

Ancestry of “Handelsspanne”, step by step

Handelsspanne 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 spänne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspännefirst/third-person singular subjunctive II of...
2Middle High Germanspanne
3Old High Germanspanna
4Proto-Germanicspannōspan, handbreadth
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz