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Where does “hnysċe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “hnysċe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hnysċe”

  • nesh
  • neshness
  • neshen
  • nesch
  • nesh
  • nesche
Every word from Proto-Indo-European knēs- →