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

Declension 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)
  • Old Norse: hæll
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