Where does “ハンズフリー” come from?
ハンズフリー (Japanese) comes from English handsfree, from English hands, from English hand, from Middle English hond, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand — hand.
ハンズフリー (Japanese): handsfree, usually a phone
Definitions
- handsfree, usually a phone
Ancestry of “ハンズフリー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | handsfree | That can be used without using the hands,... |
| 2 | English | hands | plural of hand; Third-person singular simple... |
| 3 | English | hand | The part of the forelimb below the forearm or... |
| 4 | Middle English | hond | hand; Alternative form of hound |
| 5 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 7 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 8 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 9 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |