handske.
glove (an item of clothing), traditionally made of leather (but also includes gloves made of rubber and the like – sturdier gloves)
Meaning & usage
glove (an item of clothing), traditionally made of leather (but also includes gloves made of rubber and the like – sturdier gloves)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Norse hanzki, from Middle Low German hantsche, colloquial form of hantscho (“glove, gauntlet”) from Old Saxon handsko (“gauntlet, glove”) from hand (“hand”) and skōh (“shoe”) << Proto-West Germanic *skōh.
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