Etymograph

English

manshake

Blend of man + handshake.

A blend of man + handshake

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Today it means

noun An aggressively strong handshake.

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

Etymograph / manshake