Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hanhaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, *kemǝk- (“joint, legbone”). Cognate with Latin coxa (“thigh”), Lithuanian kìnka (“haunch”), Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla, “skeleton”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ̃ː.xɑz/

Noun

*hanhaz m

(anatomy) heel

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *hanhaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hanhaz	hanhōz, hanhōs
vocative	*hanh	hanhōz, hanhōs
accusative	*hanhą	*hanhanz
genitive	hanhas, hanhis	*hanhǫ̂
dative	*hanhai	*hanhamaz
instrumental	*hanhō	*hanhamiz

Derived terms

*hanhilaz
*hanhsenawō

Descendants

Old English: hōh, hō; hōhsinu
- Middle English: hoȝ, houȝ, ho; houȝsenues
  - Scots: hoch, houch
  - English: hough, hoff, hock; hucksens, huxens, huckshins
Old Frisian: hōxene, hōxne
Old Saxon: *hahsenewa
- Middle Low German: hesse
Old Dutch: *hahsenewa
- Middle Dutch: haessen
  - Dutch: haas, haasje
Old High German: *hāhsena, *hāhsna; hahsinōn
- Middle High German: hahse, hehse; hehsenen
  - German: Hachse, Haxe, Hechse, Hächse, Häckse, Häkse; Hechsnen, Hechsen, Hessen
  - Bavarian: Haxn
  - Luxembourgish: Héiss
Old Norse: há; hásin
- Icelandic: há; hásin
- Norwegian: hase (dialectal)
- Swedish: has
- Danish: hase, has