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

heel (of the foot)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension 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)
    - Dutch: hiel m
Old Norse: hæll
- Icelandic: hæll
- Faroese: hælur
- Norwegian: hel, hæl
- Old Swedish: hǣl
  - Swedish: häl
- Danish: hæl
- Gutnish: hel, heil

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