Where does “hnesċe” come from?

hnesċe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hnaskwī, from Proto-Germanic hnaskuz, from Proto-Indo-European knēs-.

hnesċe (Old English): soft; delicate, tender

Definitions

  1. soft; delicate, tender

Ancestry of “hnesċe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichnaskwīsoft
2Proto-Germanichnaskuzsoft, tender, yielding
3Proto-Indo-Europeanknēs-—

Words derived from “hnesċe”

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