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

  1. handsfree, usually a phone

Ancestry of “ハンズフリー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhandsfreeThat can be used without using the hands,...
2Englishhandsplural of hand; Third-person singular simple...
3EnglishhandThe part of the forelimb below the forearm or...
4Middle Englishhondhand; Alternative form of hound
5Old EnglishhandA hand
6Proto-West Germanichanduhand
7SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
8Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
9Old Norsehǫndhand
10Proto-Germanichanduzhand
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz
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