Where does “Verhandlungsmasse” come from?

Verhandlungsmasse (German) comes from German Verhandlung, from German verhandeln, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn — hand.

Verhandlungsmasse (German): bargaining chips

Definitions

  1. bargaining chips

Ancestry of “Verhandlungsmasse”, step by step

Verhandlungsmasse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verhandlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerhandlungnegotiation; hearing, trial
2Germanverhandelnto negotiate; to try
3Germanhandelnto act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;...
4EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
5Middle Englishhandel
6Old Englishhandlea handle
7Old Englishhandlianto handle
8Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
9Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
10Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via German Maße

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaßemass quantity of matter
2Latinmassamass, bulk; load, burden; dough
3Ancient Greekμᾶζαbarley-bread or cake
4Ancient Greekμάσσωto handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ǵyéti
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ǵ-to knead, stroke
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz