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Where does “Heken” come from?

Heken (German Low German) comes from German Low German he, from Old Saxon hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

Heken (German Low German): male

Definitions

  1. male

Ancestry of “Heken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German Low Germanhehe
2Old Saxonhē—
3Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
4Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
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