Where does “handbolti” come from?

handbolti (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hönd, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

handbolti (Icelandic): handball, team handball, field handball, European...

Definitions

  1. handball, team handball, field handball, European...

Ancestry of “handbolti”, step by step

handbolti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic hönd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichöndhand; side, hand; hand, handwriting
2Old Norsehǫndhand
3Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Icelandic bolti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicboltiball

Words derived from “handbolti”

Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Icelandic hönd →