Where does “האַנטשריפֿט” come from?

האַנטשריפֿט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish האַנט, from Middle High German hant, from Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

האַנטשריפֿט (Yiddish): handwriting

Definitions

  1. handwriting

Ancestry of “האַנטשריפֿט”, step by step

האַנטשריפֿט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish האַנט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishהאַנטhand
2Middle High Germanhanthand
3Old High Germanhanthand
4Proto-West Germanichanduhand
5SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
6Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
7Old Norsehǫndhand
8Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Yiddish שריפֿט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשריפֿטwriting; typeface, font
2Middle High Germanschrift—
3Old High Germanscrift—
4Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →