English

handfeel

From hand + feel.

A compound of hand + feel

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan ‘to feel’

Old English fēlan ‘to feel’

Middle English felen

English feel

Today it means

noun The way that something feels when touched by or held in the hand.

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

Etymograph / handfeel