Where does “an” come from?

an (Elfdalian) comes from Old Norse hánn, from Proto-Norse hānaʀ.

an (Elfdalian): he

Definitions

  1. he

Ancestry of “an”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehánnhe third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun
2Proto-Norsehānaʀ—
Every word from Proto-Norse hānaʀ →Every word from Old Norse hánn →