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
- betting
Ancestry of “handbooking”, step by step
handbooking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English handbook
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | handbook | A topically organized book of reference on a... |
| 2 | Swedish | handbok | handbook, manual |
| 3 | Old English | handbōc | handbook |
| 4 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 6 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 7 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 8 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |