Where does “kesztyűs kézzel bánik” come from?

kesztyűs kézzel bánik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kesztyűs, from Hungarian kesztyű, from Hungarian kéz, from Proto-Uralic käte — hand.

kesztyűs kézzel bánik (Hungarian): to handle someone with kid gloves, pull punches (someone)

Definitions

  1. to handle someone with kid gloves, pull punches (someone)

Ancestry of “kesztyűs kézzel bánik”, step by step

kesztyűs kézzel bánik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kesztyűs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankesztyűsgloved; glover
2Hungariankesztyűglove
3Hungariankézhand
4Proto-Uralickätehand

via Hungarian bánik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbánikto treat someone, handle someone, deal with...
2Hungarianbánto mind, to object to, to be bothered by; to...
3Old Hungarianban—
Every word from Proto-Uralic käte →Every word from Hungarian kéz →Every word from Hungarian kesztyű →