Where does “Héiss” come from?
Héiss (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German hæhse, from Old High German hāhsena, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic hanhasinwō, from Proto-Germanic senawō, from Proto-Indo-European snḗh₁wr̥, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin , to sew.
Héiss (Luxembourgish): knuckle of meat
Ancestry of “Héiss”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | hæhse | — |
| 2 | Old High German | hāhsena | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *hą̄hasinu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hanhasinwō | Achilles tendon, hamstring |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | senawō | cord, tendon, sinew; nerve |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | snḗh₁wr̥ | tendon, sinew; sinew, tendon |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin , to sew |