Where does “gummihanske” come from?
gummihanske (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hanske, from Old Norse hanzki, from Middle Low German hantsche, from Old Saxon handsko, from Old Saxon hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand — hand.
gummihanske (Norwegian Bokmål): a rubber glove
Definitions
- a rubber glove
Ancestry of “gummihanske”, step by step
gummihanske traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål hanske
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hanske | a glove |
| 2 | Old Norse | hanzki | glove |
| 3 | Middle Low German | hantsche | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | handsko | gauntlet, glove |
| 5 | Old Saxon | hand | A hand |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 7 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 8 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 9 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Norwegian Bokmål gummi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gummi | rubber; gum |