one-handed

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromānhende“one-handed”
2. Middle English · inherited fromon-hande
3. Middle English · inherited fromon-handed
4. English todayone-handed

From Middle English on-handed, variant of Middle English on-hande, onehand, from Old English ānhende (“one-handed”). By surface analysis, one + handed. Compare German einhändig (“one-handed”), Swedish enhänt, en-handad (“one-handed”), Icelandic einn-hönd (“one-handed”).