Where does “hän” come from?

hän (Kven) comes from Finnish hän, from Proto-Finnic hän — he, she; it, for inanimate objects.

hän (Kven): he, she (animate)

Definitions

  1. he, she (animate)

Ancestry of “hän”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhänhe, she, one, they
2Proto-Finnichänhe, she; it, for inanimate objects
Every word from Proto-Finnic hän →Every word from Finnish hän →