huxen

The story

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

Inherited from Middle English *hoxene, *huxene (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, hox, and sinew.

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