English

harefoot

Harefoot comes from Middle English hare-fot.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of hare + foot

Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-

Proto-Germanic *hesô

Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-

Old English hara

Middle English hare ‘a hare or its meat’

English hare

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Every English word from Middle English hare-fot

noun A long, narrow foot, extending forward (in some dog breeds).

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