Where does “handla” come from?

handla (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

handla (Norwegian Nynorsk): alternative form of handle

Definitions

  1. alternative form of handle

Ancestry of “handla”, step by step

handla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German handeln

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

via Old Norse handla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehandla
2Old Norsehǫndhand
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic handlōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic handulōn