Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in humans and other primates, and the corresponding part in many other animals. · A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. · An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day. · The set of tiles held by a player.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand From Middle English hond, hand, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. See also Dutch and Swedish hand (“hand”), Danish hånd, German Hand, West Frisian hân. Perhaps compare Old Swedish hinna (“to gain”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰-𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (fra-hinþan, “to take captive, capture”); and Latvian sīts (“hunting spear”), Ancient Greek κεντέω (kentéō, “prick”), Albanian çandër (“pitchfork, prop”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionhondenm
- Inherited-form mentionhandang
- Inherited-form mention*handugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*handuzgem-pro
- Cognate mentionhandsv · hand
- Cognate mentionhåndda
- Cognate mentionHandde
- Cognate mentionhânfy
- Cognate mention𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽got
- Cognate mentionsītslv
- Cognate mentionκεντέωgrc
- Cognate mentionçandërsq
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