Mobilephone "handy"

[Steffen]

I´m a German person I have a problem with the following
Where does the term " handy" for the mobile phone in German come from?
Thank for your help
Steffen

[Torsten]

It comes from the fact that a mobile/cell phone is very handy.

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[Jamie (K)]

[Esl_Expert]

I remember hearing the following "explanation" from quite a few Germans -- Swabians, to be exact.

The German word "Handy" comes originally from this question:
"Hänn die koi Schnur?"

:-)
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[Torsten]

Well, nobody knows for sure it might stem from the terms 'hand-held transceiver', 'handset' and 'handycam'.

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[Esl_Expert]

Isn't 'Handycam' a proper noun? It's the name of a specific product, a particular camcorder, isn't it?
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[Haihao]

A little bird told me that the word came from Chinese: Shou Ji, meaning "hand machine". Another interesting report was, a cellphone was first referred to in Hong Kong as: Da Ge Da, meaning "big brother big". But I have no idea about the etymology of the latter.

[Torsten]

Hi Haihao, are you saying the Germans created the word 'Handy' from a Chinese word?

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[Haihao]

Hi Torsten, I am really not very sure but I could feel a possibility, or more possibly coined coincidentally.