Where does “Handgemenge” come from?

Handgemenge (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.

Handgemenge (German): brawl, scuffle

Definitions

  1. brawl, scuffle

Ancestry of “Handgemenge”, step by step

Handgemenge traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhandhand
2Middle High Germanhanthand
3Old High Germanhanthand
4Proto-West Germanichanduhand
5SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
6Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
7Old Norsehǫndhand
8Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via German Gemenge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGemengemixture

via German mengen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmengento mix, mingle

Words derived from “Handgemenge”

Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →