Where does “samenhang” come from?
samenhang (Dutch) comes from Dutch samenhangen, 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.
samenhang (Dutch): connectedness; relation, relationship
Definitions
- connectedness; relation, relationship
Ancestry of “samenhang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | samenhangen | to coincide, concur |
| 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 |