English

handreading

hand + reading.

A compound of hand + reading

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-West Germanic *rādingu

Old English rǣding

Middle English reding

Today it means

noun Synonym of palmistry (“fortune-telling by lines on the hand”).

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

Etymograph / handreading