English

handrope

From hand + rope.

A compound of hand + rope

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to tear, tear down’

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Proto-Germanic *raipaz ‘strip’

Proto-West Germanic *raip ‘strip, band’

Old English rāp ‘rope, cord, cable’

Middle English rop ‘a rope’

English rope

Today it means

noun A rope to be gripped with the hand.

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

Etymograph / handrope