Where does “handfull” come from?

handfull (Swedish) comes from Swedish full, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

handfull (Swedish): handful; amount held in hand; handful; a small...

Definitions

  1. handful; amount held in hand; handful; a small...

Ancestry of “handfull”, step by step

handfull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish full

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfullfull; drunk, intoxicated
2Old Norsefullrfull
3Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Swedish hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
2Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
3Old Norsehǫndhand
4Proto-Germanichanduzhand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →