Where does “handfull” come from?

handfull (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.

handfull (Old English): handful

Definitions

  1. handful

Ancestry of “handfull”, step by step

handfull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishhandA hand
2Proto-West Germanichanduhand
3SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
4Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
5Old Norsehǫndhand
6Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Proto-Germanic handufullō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichandufullō—

Words derived from “handfull”

Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →