English
Handwerk
Handwerk comes from German Handwerk ‘something made by hand, handcraft’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *handuwerką ‘handwork’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*handuwerką‘handwork’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050hantwerc
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Germanc. 1650–presentHandwerk‘something made by hand, handcraft’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*handuwerką‘handwork’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050hantwerc
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Germanc. 1650–presentHandwerk‘something made by hand, handcraft’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *handuwerką / Handwerk