Where does “Wurzelbehandlung” come from?

Wurzelbehandlung (German) comes from German Behandlung, from German behandeln, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn — hand.

Wurzelbehandlung (German): root canal treatment

Definitions

  1. root canal treatment

Ancestry of “Wurzelbehandlung”, step by step

Wurzelbehandlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Behandlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBehandlungtreatment
2Germanbehandelnto treat; to cover
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 wurzel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwurzelinflection of wurzeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanwurzela root
3Old High Germanwurzala
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz