Handfeuerwaffe (German) comes from German hand, from Middle High German hant, 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.
Handfeuerwaffe (German): a gun that can be carried and operated using just the hands, like a pistol or a rifle
Definitions
a gun that can be carried and operated using just the hands, like a pistol or a rifle
Ancestry of “Handfeuerwaffe”, step by step
Handfeuerwaffe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.