English

handstroke

From hand + stroke.

A compound of hand + stroke

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to rub, stroke’

Proto-Germanic *straikaz

Proto-West Germanic *straik ‘stroke, line, dash’

Old English strāc

Middle English strok ‘blow from a weapon, cut’

Today it means

noun The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle

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

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