Where does “mishandling” come from?

mishandling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

mishandling (Norwegian Bokmål): abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment

Definitions

  1. abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment

Ancestry of “mishandling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used...
2Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
3Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

Words derived from “mishandling”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →