Where does “Handstützüberschlag” come from?
Handstützüberschlag (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.
Handstützüberschlag (German): handspring
Definitions
- handspring
Ancestry of “Handstützüberschlag”, step by step
Handstützüberschlag traces back through 3 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 Überschlag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Überschlag | 360-degree rotation of the body at a bar or on the floor, handspring, somersault |
| 2 | German | überschlagen | to skip over, omit, leave out (especially in a book, story, account; less commonly also in other contexts) |
| 3 | German | schlagen | to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | slahen | to strike |
| 5 | Old High German | slahan | to hit |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via German stützen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stützen | to support, to underpin; to use something or... |
| 2 | Middle High German | stutzen | to butt, shock, stall; to scare away |
| 3 | Old High German | untarstuzzen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *stuttijan | — |