Where does “handtam” come from?

handtam (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.

handtam (Old English): tame enough to be handled

Definitions

  1. tame enough to be handled

Ancestry of “handtam”, step by step

handtam traces back through 3 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 Old English tam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtamtame
2Proto-West Germanictamtame
3Proto-Germanictamaztame
4Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate

via Proto-West Germanic handutam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichandutamhandtame
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →