Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hą̄hasinu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō. Equivalent to *hą̄h (“heel”) +‎ *sinu (“sinew”).

Noun

*hą̄hasinu f

1. Achilles tendon, hamstring

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hą̄hasinu
Genitive	*hą̄hasinwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hą̄hasinu	*hą̄hasinwō
Accusative	*hą̄hasinwā	*hą̄hasinwā
Genitive	*hą̄hasinwā	*hą̄hasinwō
Dative	*hą̄hasinwē	*hą̄hasinwōm, *hą̄hasinum
Instrumental	*hą̄hasinu	*hą̄hasinwōm, *hą̄hasinum

Derived terms

• *hą̄hasinwijan
• *hą̄hasinwōn

Descendants

• Old English: hōhsinu, hōhsino
  • Middle English: hokschyne, *hoxene (often remodelled after schyne "shin")
    • English: huxen, huckson, huxon, huckshin, hucksheen (influenced by shin) (dialectal, obsolete)
• Old Frisian: hōxene, hōxne
• Old Dutch: *hāhsena, *hāssena
  • Middle Dutch: hâesen, hâesene
    • Dutch: haas
      • → Indonesian: has
    • Limburgish: haos
• Old High German: hāhsina, hāhsna
  • Middle High German: hahsen, hæhsen, hehsen pl
    • Bavarian: Haxn
    • Alemannic German:

      Swabian: Haxa

    • German: Hachse, Hechse, Haxe
    • Luxembourgish: Héiss
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Palatine German: Hees, Hess

      Pennsylvania German: Heese

    • Vilamovian: haoks