Where does “Handgranate” come from?
Handgranate (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.
Handgranate (German): hand grenade
Definitions
- hand grenade
Ancestry of “Handgranate”, step by step
Handgranate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German hand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hand | hand |
| 2 | Middle High German | hant | hand |
| 3 | Old High German | hant | hand |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 5 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 6 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 7 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via German Granate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Granate | a grenade |
| 2 | Italian | granata | grenade, hand grenade; pomegranate; member or... |
| 3 | Latin | grānum | grain, seed, small kernel |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | grānom | grain |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |