Where does “handbooking” come from?

handbooking (English) comes from English handbook, from Swedish handbok, from Old English handbōc, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd — hand.

handbooking (English): betting

Definitions

  1. betting

Ancestry of “handbooking”, step by step

handbooking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English handbook

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhandbookA topically organized book of reference on a...
2Swedishhandbokhandbook, manual
3Old Englishhandbōchandbook
4Old EnglishhandA hand
5Proto-West Germanichanduhand
6SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
7Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
8Old Norsehǫndhand
9Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via English ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;...
2Middle Englishing
3Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
4Old Norseengmeadow
5Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz