hohsinu

Old English

Alternative forms

hōhsino

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō; equivalent to hōh (“heel”) +‎ sinu (“sinew”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxoːx.si.nu/, [ˈhoːx.si.nu]

Noun

hohsinu f

hamstring

Declension

Declension of hohsinu (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hōhsinu	hōhsina, hōhsine
accusative	hōhsine	hōhsina, hōhsine
genitive	hōhsine	hōhsina
dative	hōhsine	hōhsinum

Descendants

Middle English: hokschyne, *hoxene (often remodelled after schyne "shin")
- English: huxen, huckson, huxon; huckshin, hucksheen (dialectal, obsolete)

References

Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hōh-seonu”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠‎, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.

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