Where does “hnæsċe” come from?

hnæsċe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic hnaskuz, from Proto-Indo-European knēs-.

hnæsċe (Old English): soft, tender, mild; weak, delicate; slack,...

Definitions

  1. soft, tender, mild; weak, delicate; slack,...

Ancestry of “hnæsċe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichnaskuzsoft, tender, yielding
2Proto-Indo-Europeanknēs-—

Words derived from “hnæsċe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European knēs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnaskuz →