Where does “uhåndterlig” come from?
uhåndterlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål håndterlig, from Norwegian Bokmål håndtere, from Middle Low German hanteren, from Middle Dutch hanteren, from Old French hanter, from Old English hāmettan, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim — to be lying down; to settle.
uhåndterlig (Norwegian Bokmål): cumbersome, unwieldy
Ancestry of “uhåndterlig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | håndterlig | manageable, easy to handle |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | håndtere | to handle; to deal with, cope with |
| 3 | Middle Low German | hanteren | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | hanteren | — |
| 5 | Old French | hanter | to frequent, abide in one place; to frequent... |
| 6 | Old English | hāmettan | to bring home; provide a home for; house; to... |
| 7 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |