Where does “hängen” come from?
hängen (Low German) comes from Middle Low German hengen, from Old Saxon hengian, from Proto-West Germanic *hangijan, from Proto-Germanic hangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
hängen (Low German): to hang (something); to suspend
Definitions
- to hang (something); to suspend
Ancestry of “hängen”, step by step
hängen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German hengen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | hengen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | hengian | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *hangijan | to cause to hang |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hangijaną | to cause to hang |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |