hox

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hanhasinwō
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*hą̄hasinu
3. Old English · derived fromhōhsinu
4. Middle English · inherited fromhoxen
5. English todayhox

Inherited from Middle English hoxen, reduction or back-formation of earlier hoxenen, from the noun *hoxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō, from *hanhaz (“heel”) + *senawō (“sinew”). Compare hough, huxen, and sinew.

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