Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hanhilaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *hanhaz +‎ *-ilaz.

Noun

*hanhilaz m

1. heel (of the foot)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *hanhilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hanhilaz	*hanhilōz, *hanhilōs
vocative	*hanhil	*hanhilōz, *hanhilōs
accusative	*hanhilą	*hanhilanz
genitive	*hanhilas, *hanhilis	*hanhilǫ̂
dative	*hanhilai	*hanhilamaz
instrumental	*hanhilō	*hanhilamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hą̄hilō
  • Old English: hēla, hǣla
    • Middle English: hele, heele, heyle, heyll, hiele, hile
      • English: heel
      • Scots: heel
      • Yola: heel
  • Old Frisian: hēla
    • North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) haiel, hael, häile, hajel, hägel
    • West Frisian: hyl
  • Old Saxon: *hāhilo, *hēhilo, *hēlo
    • Middle Low German: *hêle, *hiele
      • German Low German: Hiel (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
  • Old Dutch: *hālo, *hēlo m, *hēla f
    • Middle Dutch: hiele, hiel m or f (perhaps a borrowing from Frisian)
      • Dutch: hiel m
• Old Norse: hæll
  • Icelandic: hæll
  • Faroese: hælur
  • Norwegian: hel, hæl
  • Old Swedish: hǣl
    • Swedish: häl
  • Danish: hæl
  • Gutnish: hel, heil