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English word hand comes from Proto-Germanic *hinþaną (To reach for, obtain, catch.)
*hinþaną (Proto-Germanic)
To reach for, obtain, catch.
*(k/ḱ)ontús (Proto-Indo-European)
*handuz (Proto-Germanic)
Hand.
hand (Old English)
hand (Middle English)
hand (English)
(archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.. (card games) The set of cards held by a player.. (chiefly, in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.. (heading) In [...]