Etymology

unhandy

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Today it means: Of a person, or movement: not handy; inept; clumsy; not dexterous. Full definition →

English handy ← Middle English hond ← Old English hand
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Germanic*handuz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*handu
  10. Old Englishhand
  11. Middle Englishhond
  12. Englishhand
  13. Englishhandy
  14. English todayunhandy

From un- + handy.

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