Where does “handletur” come from?
handletur (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic handlōną — hand.
handletur (Norwegian Bokmål): a shopping trip
Definitions
- a shopping trip
Ancestry of “handletur”, step by step
handletur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål handle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | handle | to act; to deal, trade, to do business; to shop |
| 2 | German | handeln | to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;... |
| 3 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 4 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 5 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 6 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Norwegian Bokmål tur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tur | a walk; a trip, journey; a tour |
| 2 | French | tour | tower; rook; apartment building |
| 3 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |