Where does “anhänken” come from?

anhänken (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish hänken, from Old High German hāhan, from Proto-Germanic hanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- — to hang.

anhänken (Luxembourgish): to hang (a door), to install

Definitions

  1. to hang (a door), to install

Ancestry of “anhänken”, step by step

anhänken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish hänken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishhänkento hang, to be suspended; to hang
2Old High Germanhāhanto hang
3Proto-Germanichanhanąto hang
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱenk-to hang

via Luxembourgish an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishanand; in
2Proto-Germanicinin; into
3Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hanhaną →Every word from Old High German hāhan →