handgeweorc
Old English
noun
Definitions
- handiwork, handwork
- creation
Etymology
Affix from Old English hand (hand, side, person regarded as holder receiver of something, control, possession, power, charge, agency) + Old English ġeweorc (work).
Origin
Old English
ġeweorc
Gloss
work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
✂️ 🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *handuz Proto-Germanic
- hand Old English
- handboc Old English
- handbred Old English
- handcosp Old English
- handgewrit Old English
- handlian Old English
- handscyldig Old English
- handseax Old English
- handtam Old English
- handweorc Old English
- wifhand Old English
- wuldorgeweorc Old English
- wæpnedhand Old English
- ġeweorc Old English
- hand Middle English
- hond Middle English
- honde Middle English
- *handu gmw-pro