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Where does “hennep” come from?

hennep (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch hennep, from Middle Dutch hannep, from Old Dutch hanap, from Proto-West Germanic hanapi, from Proto-Germanic hanapiz — hemp.

hennep (Afrikaans): hemp

Definitions

  1. hemp

Ancestry of “hennep”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhennephemp
2Middle Dutchhannep—
3Old Dutchhanap—
4Proto-West Germanichanapihemp
5Proto-Germanichanapizhemp
Every word from Proto-Germanic hanapiz →