Where does “handel” come from?

handel (Middle English) comes from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn, from Proto-Germanic handlōną, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

Ancestry of “handel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhandlea handle
2Old Englishhandlianto handle
3Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
4Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
5Proto-Germanichanduzhand

Words derived from “handel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic handlōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic handulōn →