Etymograph

English

handwalker

From hand + walker.

A compound of hand + walker

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Middle English walkere ‘one who walks’

English walker

Today it means

noun An acrobat who walks on the hands instead of the feet.

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

Etymograph / handwalker