Where does “hant” come from?
hant (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.
Ancestry of “hant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | hand | A hand |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 3 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 4 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 5 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |