Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/koḱs-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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-

(anatomy) joint

Derived terms

*kóḱs-yeh₂
- Proto-Germanic: *hahsjō^[1]
  - Old High German: hahsa (“back of the knee”)
    - Middle High German: hahsa
      - German: Hächse, Haxe
*kóḱs-eh₂
- Proto-Italic: *koksā
  - Latin: coxa (“hip”)^[2]
- Proto-Celtic: *koxsā (“leg”) (see there for further descendants)
*kóḱs-o-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *káćšas (“armpit”) (see there for further descendants)
Tocharian B: kakse (“loins”)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “hahsjō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199
^ 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, →ISBN, page 140

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “hahsjō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, 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, →ISBN, page 140

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