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
2. 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

• *handulōn
• *handutam

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)