Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/handu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Noun

*handu f^[1]

hand
a unit of length

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*handu
Genitive	*handō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*handu	handiwi, handō
Accusative	*handu	*handū
Genitive	*handō	*handiwō
Dative	handiwi, handō	*handum
Instrumental	*handu	*handum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: hand, hond
- Middle English: hond, hand
  - English: hand
  - Scots: hand, haund
  - Yola: hoane
Old Frisian: hond, hand
- North Frisian:
  - Föhr-Amrum: hun
  - Hallig: höön
  - Heligoland: Hun
  - Mooring: hönj
  - North Goesharde: houn
- Saterland Frisian: Hounde
- West Frisian: hân
Old Saxon: hand
- Middle Low German: hant
  - German Low German: Hand
    Westphalian:
    Westmünsterländisch: Hand
    Lippisch: Hand
    Ravensbergisch: Hand
  - Plautdietsch: Haunt
Old Dutch: hant
- Middle Dutch: hant
  - Dutch: hand
  - Limburgish: handj
  - Zealandic: and
Old High German: hant
- Middle High German: hant
  - Bavarian: Hånd
    Cimbrian: hant
    Mòcheno: hònt
  - German: Hand
  - Hunsrik: Hand
  - Luxembourgish: Hand
  - Vilamovian: haond
  - Yiddish: האַנט (hant)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287: “PWGmc *handu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287: “PWGmc *handu”

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