Where does “Handwörterbuch” come from?

Handwörterbuch (German) comes from German Wörterbuch, from German wôrt, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

Handwörterbuch (German): “small” dictionary, concise dictionary

Definitions

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Ancestry of “Handwörterbuch”, step by step

Handwörterbuch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wörterbuch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWörterbuchdictionary
2Germanwôrtplural word as an isolated unit
3Middle High Germanwortword; verb
4Old High Germanwortword; verb
5Proto-West Germanicwordword
6Proto-Germanicwurdąword
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →