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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

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Ancestry of “Handwörterbuch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWörterbuchdictionary
2Germanwôrt—
3Middle High Germanwortword; verb
4Old High Germanwortword; verb
5Proto-West Germanicwordword
6Proto-Germanicwurdąword
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →