Where does “hase” come from?

hase (German) comes from Middle High German hase, from Old High German haso, from Proto-West Germanic hasō, from Proto-Germanic *hesô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂s- — to lead, teach, educate; grey, hare.

hase (German): hare animal of either sex

Definitions

  1. hare animal of either sex

Ancestry of “hase”, step by step

hase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German hase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhase—
2Old High Germanhasohare
3Proto-West Germanichasōhare
4Proto-Germanic*hesôhare
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₂s-to lead, teach, educate; grey, hare

via German Haase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHaase—
2Old Englishhasudusky; grey; ashen
3Hungarian-űAdded to a noun to form an adjective denoting...

Words derived from “hase”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hesô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hasō →