Proto-Germanic: *xaxsō(n), *xaxsiōn
Meaning: knee, knee-cap
Old Norse: { hāsin `Kniekehle'}
Norwegian: dial. hase `Kniekehle'
Swedish: has
Danish: hase
Old English: hōhsinu 'Fersensehne'
Dutch: haas `Lendenstück des Rindes'
Middle Low German: hesse
Old High German: hāhs(e)na 'Fusssehne' (9./10.Jh.), { hahsa `Kniegelenk an den Hinterbeinen von Tieren' }
Middle High German: hahse, hɛhse wk. f. `Kniebug des Hinterbeins (bes. vom Pferd)'
German: Hachse (Haxe, Hechse, Hesse) f.; bair. haxn
