Where does “hemp” come from?

hemp (Middle English) comes from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic hanapi, from Proto-Germanic hanapiz — hemp.

hemp (Middle English): Hemp; Hempen fibre or products made of it

Definitions

  1. Hemp; Hempen fibre or products made of it

Ancestry of “hemp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhenephemp
2Proto-West Germanichanapihemp
3Proto-Germanichanapizhemp

Words derived from “hemp”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hanapiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hanapi →Every word from Old English henep →