Etymograph

English

knifehand

From knife + hand.

A compound of knife + hand

Old English cnīf

Middle English knyf ‘knife’

English knife

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Today it means

noun A strike using the part of the hand opposite the thumb (from the little finger to the wrist); a karate chop.

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

Etymograph / knifehand