Where does “databehandle” come from?
databehandle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål behandle, from German behandeln, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn — hand.
databehandle (Norwegian Bokmål): to process data
Definitions
- to process data
Ancestry of “databehandle”, step by step
databehandle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål behandle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | behandle | to treat |
| 2 | German | behandeln | to treat; to cover |
| 3 | German | handeln | to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;... |
| 4 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 5 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 6 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 7 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Norwegian Bokmål data
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | data | data; "short form of" datateknologi |
| 2 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 4 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 5 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |