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

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