English

handboard

From hand + board.

A compound of hand + board

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun A board that is held in the hand or attached by a strap, used like a paddle when bodysurfing.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / handboard