Where does “hengelen” come from?
hengelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch hengel, from Dutch hangen, from Middle Dutch hangen, from Middle Dutch haen, from Old Dutch hān, from Old Saxon hāhan, from Proto-Germanic hanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- — to hang.
hengelen (Dutch): to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a...
Definitions
- to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a...
Ancestry of “hengelen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | hengel | fishing rod |
| 2 | Dutch | hangen | to hang |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | hangen | to hang; to hang, to be hanging; to be hanged |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | haen | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | hān | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | hāhan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hanhaną | to hang |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱenk- | to hang |