Where does “handgewrit” come from?
handgewrit (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.
handgewrit (Old English): something written by hand, manuscript;...
Definitions
- something written by hand, manuscript;...
Ancestry of “handgewrit”, step by step
handgewrit 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 ġewrit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | ġewrit | writing, something written, written language;... |
| 2 | Old English | ġē | ye |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |