handcosp
Old English
noun
Definitions
- handcuff
Etymology
Compound from Old English hand (hand, side, person regarded as holder receiver of something, control, possession, power, charge, agency) + Old English cosp (shackle).
Origin
Old English
cosp
Gloss
shackle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *handuz Proto-Germanic
- cosp Old English
- hand Old English
- handboc Old English
- handbred Old English
- handgeweorc Old English
- handgewrit Old English
- handlian Old English
- handscyldig Old English
- handseax Old English
- handtam Old English
- handweorc Old English
- wifhand Old English
- wæpnedhand Old English
- hand Middle English
- hond Middle English
- honde Middle English
- *handu gmw-pro
- *kosp gmw-pro