hand/arm to govern, control, rule 8 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Croatian
Lexeme 1 ruka
Lexeme 2 rukovati
Meaning 1 hand/arm
Direction
Meaning 2 to govern, control, rule
Reference HJP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Derivation
Language Hungarian
Lexeme 1 kéz
Lexeme 2 kezel
Meaning 1 hand
Direction
Meaning 2 to manage

Jól kezeli az ügyet.


    S/he handles the situation well.

Reference MEK 1978 English Wiktionary
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Derivation
Language Italian
Lexeme 1 mano
Lexeme 2 maneggiàre
Meaning 1 hand/arm
Direction
Meaning 2 to manage, administer
Reference Vocabolario Treccani English Wiktionary
Comment

From Vulgar Latin *manidiāre 'handle', from Latin manus 'hand'

ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Derivation
Language Norwegian
Lexeme 1 hånd
Lexeme 2 Norw
Meaning 1 håndtere
Direction
Meaning 2 to control, manage
Reference English Wiktionary
Comment

Bokmål. From Middle Low German hanteren, influenced by hånd.

ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Derivation
Language Portuguese
Lexeme 1 mão
Lexeme 2 manejar
Meaning 1 hand
Direction
Meaning 2 to manage
Reference DILP DPLP English Wiktionary
Comment

Either inherited from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus 'hand', or borrowed through Italian maneggiare. By surface analysis, mão +‎ -n- +‎ -ejar.

ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Derivation
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 рука
Lexeme 2 руководить
Meaning 1 hand/arm
Direction
Meaning 2 to govern, control, rule
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Derivation
Language Serbian
Lexeme 1 рука (ruka)
Lexeme 2 руковати (rukovati)
Meaning 1 hand/arm

подићи руку, шчепати руку


raise the hand, grab the hand

Direction
Meaning 2 to govern, control, rule


Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1176-1177
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Derivation
Language Spanish
Lexeme 1 mano
Lexeme 2 manejar
Meaning 1 hand
Direction
Meaning 2 to manage
Reference DRAE Corominas, Pascual English Wiktionary
Comment

Borrowed from Italian maneggiare. Replaced the older Spanish manear, itself of the same origin, from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus 'hand'