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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *handuz.
Noun
*handu f[1]
- hand
- a unit of length
Inflection
| u-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*handu
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| Genitive
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*handō
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*handu
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*handiwi, *handō
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| Accusative
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*handu
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*handū
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| Genitive
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*handō
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*handiwō
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| Dative
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*handiwi, *handō
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*handum
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| Instrumental
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*handu
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*handum
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287: “PWGmc *handu”
