Where does “handbrede” come from?

handbrede (Middle English) comes from Old English handbred, from Old English bred, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Ancestry of “handbrede”, step by step

handbrede traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English handbred

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhandbredpalm
2Old Englishbredsurface; plank, board; table, tablet
3Old English-enmæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;...
4Old Norse-innUsed to create adjectives from nouns, meaning...
5Proto-Norse-īna-—
6Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Old English handbrǣd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhandbrǣd—

via Old English handbrǣdu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhandbrǣduwidth of the hand, handbreadth

Words derived from “handbrede”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Old English -en →