Where does “אָפּהאַנדלונג” come from?
אָפּהאַנדלונג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish האַנדלען, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn, from Proto-Germanic handlōną — hand.
אָפּהאַנדלונג (Yiddish): discourse
Definitions
- discourse
Ancestry of “אָפּהאַנדלונג”, step by step
אָפּהאַנדלונג traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish האַנדלען
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | האַנדלען | trade, deal, act |
| 2 | German | handeln | to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;... |
| 3 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 4 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 5 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 6 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Yiddish אָפּ־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אָפּ־ | off |
| 2 | Yiddish | לייגן | to put, lay; lay down |
| 3 | Middle High German | legen | to lay, to put into a horizontal position |
| 4 | Old High German | legen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | laggjan | to lay, to place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |