Where does “Handyvertrag” come from?
Handyvertrag (German) comes from German Handy, from English Handy, from English handgun, from English gun, from Middle English gunne, from Old Norse Gunnhildr, from Old Norse Gunnr, from Old Norse guðr.
Handyvertrag (German): a mobile phone contract, plan
Definitions
- a mobile phone contract, plan
Ancestry of “Handyvertrag”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Handy | mobile phone, mobile, cell phone, phone |
| 2 | English | Handy | — |
| 3 | English | handgun | A small gun with a relatively short barrel,... |
| 4 | English | gun | A device for projecting a hard object very... |
| 5 | Middle English | gunne | A trebuchet or similar kind of pellet-firing... |
| 6 | Old Norse | Gunnhildr | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | Gunnr | — |
| 8 | Old Norse | guðr | battle, war |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gunþiz | battle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰéntis | striking, killing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |