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handske.

glove (an item of clothing), traditionally made of leather (but also includes gloves made of rubber and the like – sturdier gloves)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhandˌskɛ/
  1. glove (an item of clothing), traditionally made of leather (but also includes gloves made of rubber and the like – sturdier gloves)

    common-gender
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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