Where does “אונטערהאַנדלען” come from?

אונטערהאַנדלען (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.

אונטערהאַנדלען (Yiddish): to negotiate, barter, haggle

Definitions

  1. to negotiate, barter, haggle

Ancestry of “אונטערהאַנדלען”, step by step

אונטערהאַנדלען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish האַנדלען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishהאַנדלעןtrade, deal, act
2Germanhandelnto act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;...
3EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
4Middle Englishhandel
5Old Englishhandlea handle
6Old Englishhandlianto handle
7Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
8Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
9Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Yiddish אונטער־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאונטער־sub-, under-; Prefixed to verbs to indicate "to a...
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic handlōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic handulōn