handiwork

(Englisch)

  1. (uncountable, usually) Work done by the hands.
  2. (uncountable, usually) A handmade object; a handicraft.
  3. (uncountable, usually) Work done personally.
  4. (uncountable, usually) The result of personal efforts.

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈhændiˌwɜːk/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English hondywerk, handiwerc, from Old English handġeweorc (“work done by hand, creation”), from hand (“hand”) + ġeweorc (“work”). Equivalent to hand + work, though it may now reinterpreted as handy (“skilful”) + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Hondwierk, Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk.

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