Etymograph

English

Hase

Hase comes from Middle Low German hase ‘hare’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hesô.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hesô‘hare’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hasō ~ *haʀ-‘hare’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050haso‘hare’
  4. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600hase‘hare’
  5. EnglishtodayHase

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hesô‘hare’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hasō ~ *haʀ-‘hare’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050haso‘hare’
  4. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600hase‘hare’
  5. EnglishtodayHase

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *hesô

Another origin of Hase

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentHase
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Not from the noun meaning “hare”, but related to its ultimate source: from Old Saxon hasu, from Proto-West Germanic *hasu (‘grey’).

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hesô / Hase

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