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Where does “handplega” come from?

handplega (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.

handplega (Old English): fighting

Definitions

  1. fighting

Ancestry of “handplega”, step by step

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

Words derived from “handplega”

  • handplay
  • handpleie
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →