hantieren
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German hantieren, which is borrowed—probably via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German—from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch hanteren, itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French hanter (“to frequent someone”). The Old French word is usually traced back (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse heimta (“to bring home”). The semantic development in German is based on popular association with Hand (“hand”) (already in Middle Dutch).