Where does “händer och fötter” come from?

händer och fötter (Swedish) comes from English hander, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

Ancestry of “händer och fötter”, step by step

händer och fötter traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English hander

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	hander	One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in...
2	English	-er	A person or thing that does an action indicated...
3	Middle English	-er	agentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4	Old French	-er	Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5	Latin	-āre	first conjugation
6	Proto-Italic	-āō	Forms primarily denominative verbs
7	Proto-Indo-European	-eh₂yéti	Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8	Proto-Indo-European	-yéti	Creates intransitive, often deponent,...
9	Proto-Indo-European	yé-	—
10	Chichewa	iye	he, she

via Swedish och

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	och	and; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
2	Old Swedish	ock	—
3	Old Norse	ok	and; also, too; yoke
4	Old Norse	svá	so
5	Proto-Germanic	swa	so, thus, in this manner
6	Proto-Germanic	swē	like, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
7	Proto-Indo-European	swē	self (reflexive pronoun)

via Swedish fötter

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	fötter	—

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