Where does “Handlesen” come from?
Handlesen (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.
Handlesen (German): palm reading, palmistry
Definitions
- palm reading, palmistry
Ancestry of “Handlesen”, step by step
Handlesen 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 Lesen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lesen | gerund of lesen; reading; reading |
| 2 | Middle High German | lesen | to read, to read aloud |
| 3 | Old High German | lesan | to read, to read aloud; to examine; to collect |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *lesan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lesaną | to gather, collect |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | les- | to gather, to collect |