Where does “handsko” come from?

handsko (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

handsko (Old Saxon): gauntlet, glove

Definitions

  1. gauntlet, glove

Ancestry of “handsko”, step by step

handsko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old SaxonhandA 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 Saxon skōh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonskōhshoe
2Proto-West Germanicskōhshoe
3Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

Words derived from “handsko”

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