*hanhaz

Runic: ᚺᚨᚾᚺᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑ̃ː.xɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

heel

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, *kemǝk- (‘joint, legbone’). Cognate with Lithuanian ki̇̀nka (‘haunch’), Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla) (kaṅkāla, ‘skeleton’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hanhaz	hanhōz, hanhōs
Acc.	hanhą	hanhanz
Gen.	hanhas, hanhis	hanhǫ̂
Dat.	hanhai	hanhamaz
Inst.	hanhō	hanhamiz
Voc.	hanh	hanhōz, hanhōs

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Descendants

*hą̄h (Proto-West Germanic)
- hōh, hō, hōg (Old English)
  - hough, ho, hoche, hogh, hoȝ, hokke, hoo, houȝ, houe, howe, howghe, howh (Middle English)
    - hough, hoff, hock (English)
    - hoch, houch (Scots)
há (Old Norse)
- há (Icelandic)

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