Where does “hanf” come from?

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

Ancestry of “hanf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhanaf
2Proto-West Germanichanapihemp
3Proto-Germanichanapizhemp
Every word from Proto-Germanic hanapizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hanapiEvery word from Old High German hanaf
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