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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/koḱs-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Noun

*koḱs-

  1. (anatomy) joint

Derived terms
  • *kóḱs-yeh₂
    • Germanic: *hahsjō[1]
      • Old High German: hahsa (“back of the knee”)
        • Middle High German: hahsa
          • German: Hächse
  • *kóḱs-eh₂
    • Italic: *koksā
    • Celtic: *koxsā (“leg”)[3]
  • *kóḱs-o-s
    • Indo-Iranian: *káćšas (“armpit”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “hahsjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 199
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “coxa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 140
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*koxsā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
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