Where does “handknattleiksþjálfari” come from?

handknattleiksþjálfari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic handknattleikur, from Icelandic leikur, from Old Norse leikr, from Middle Low German lek, from Latin lāicus, from Ancient Greek λαϊκός, from Ancient Greek λᾱός, from Proto-Hellenic lāwós — to bark, howl; to be concealed.

handknattleiksþjálfari (Icelandic): handball coach

Definitions

  1. handball coach

Ancestry of “handknattleiksþjálfari”, step by step

handknattleiksþjálfari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic handknattleikur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichandknattleikurhandball
2Icelandicleikurplaying, play; a game; a match, a game
3Old Norseleikrgame; sport; contest
4Middle Low Germanlek
5Latinlāicuslay (of the laity)
6Ancient Greekλαϊκόςof the people; popular
7Ancient Greekλᾱόςpeople; men; the people
8Proto-Helleniclāwóspeople, crowd
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂wospeople
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed

via Icelandic þjálfari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþjálfaricoach, trainer
2Icelandic-aríer, -or; a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems
3Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂wosEvery word from Proto-Hellenic lāwós
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