Where does “hans” come from?

hans (Faroese) comes from Faroese hann, from Old Norse hánn, from Proto-Norse hānaʀ.

hans (Faroese): archaic genitive of hann

Definitions

  1. archaic genitive of hann

Ancestry of “hans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesehannhe
2Old Norsehánnhe third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun
3Proto-Norsehānaʀ—
Every word from Proto-Norse hānaʀ →Every word from Old Norse hánn →Every word from Faroese hann →