Where does “Hanf” come from?

Hanf (German) comes from Middle High German hanef, from Old High German hanaf, from Proto-West Germanic hanapi, from Proto-Germanic hanapiz — hemp.

Hanf (German): hemp; hemp as a drug or medical substance

Definitions

  1. hemp; hemp as a drug or medical substance

Ancestry of “Hanf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhanef
2Old High Germanhanaf
3Proto-West Germanichanapihemp
4Proto-Germanichanapizhemp

Words derived from “Hanf

Every word from Proto-Germanic hanapizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hanapiEvery word from Old High German hanaf
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