Where does “handbōc” come from?

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

handbōc (Old English): handbook

Definitions

  1. handbook

Ancestry of “handbōc”, step by step

handbōc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishhandA hand
2Proto-West Germanichanduhand
3SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
4Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
5Old Norsehǫndhand
6Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Old English bōc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbōcbeech; book
2Proto-Germanicbōk—
3Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “handbōc”

Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →