/hei̯s/, [hɜɪ̯s]
HierkonftFrom Middle High German hæhse, alternative form of hahse, hehse, from Old High German hāhsena, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō.
Cognate with German Hachse, Haxe, (older also Hächse, Hechse), Dutch haas, English hock (obsolete dialectal huxen), Swedish has.
FormenHéissen(plural)
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