Where does “Verhandlungstisch” come from?

Verhandlungstisch (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.

Verhandlungstisch (German): negotiating table

Definitions

  1. negotiating table

Ancestry of “Verhandlungstisch”, step by step

Verhandlungstisch 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 tisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantischtable a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level; specific uses include
2Middle High Germantisch
3Old High Germantiscplate
4Proto-West Germanicdiskdish
5Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
6Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
7Proto-Italicdikskō
8Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz
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