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Where does “forhandler” come from?

forhandler (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forhandle, from Norwegian Bokmål handle, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn — hand.

forhandler (Norwegian Bokmål): a dealer; a negotiator; present of forhandle

Definitions

  1. a dealer; a negotiator; present of forhandle

Ancestry of “forhandler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforhandleto negotiate
2Norwegian Bokmålhandleto act; to deal, trade, to do business; to shop
3Germanhandelnto act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;...
4EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
5Middle Englishhandel—
6Old Englishhandlea handle
7Old Englishhandlianto handle
8Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
9Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
10Proto-Germanichanduzhand
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