Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hanhasinwō

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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

Alternative forms

  • *hanhasinawō[1], *hanhsinwō[2]

Etymology

From *hanhaz (heel) +‎ *senawō (tendon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ̃ː.xɑ.ˌsin.wɔː/

Noun

*hanhasinwō f[1][2]

  1. Achilles tendon, hamstring

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *hanhasinwō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hanhasinwō *hanhasinwôz
vocative *hanhasinwō *hanhasinwôz
accusative *hanhasinwǭ *hanhasinwōz
genitive *hanhasinwōz *hanhasinwǫ̂
dative *hanhasinwōi *hanhasinwōmaz
instrumental *hanhasinwō *hanhasinwōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xanxa-sin(a)wō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
  2. 2.0 2.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hachse”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN