Where does “handcræft” come from?
handcræft (Old English) comes from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.
handcræft (Old English): dexterity
Definitions
- dexterity
Ancestry of “handcræft”, step by step
handcræft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English hand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 3 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 4 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 5 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Old English cræft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | cræft | strength, power; skill; art |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |