English

handwrought

Handwrought comes from Old English handworht ‘handmade’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *handuwurhtaz ‘made by hand, handwrought’.

Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*handuwurhtaz‘made by hand, handwrought’reconstructed
Old Englishc. 450–1150handworht‘handmade’
Englishtodayhandwrought

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*handuwurhtaz‘made by hand, handwrought’reconstructed
Old Englishc. 450–1150handworht‘handmade’
Englishtodayhandwrought

A compound of hand + wrought

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

Old English wyrċan ‘to make’

Middle English worchen ‘to work’

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *handuwurhtaz

adj Wrought by hand.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.