English

handpick

From hand + pick.

A compound of hand + pick

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-Indo-European *bew-

Proto-Germanic *pikkōną ‘to pick’

Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn ‘to peck’

Old English *piccian

Middle English piken ‘to pick at’

English pick

Today it means

verb To pick or harvest by hand.

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

Etymograph / handpick