Where does “hanif” come from?

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

Ancestry of “hanif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhanaf—
2Proto-West Germanichanapihemp
3Proto-Germanichanapizhemp
Every word from Proto-Germanic hanapiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hanapi →Every word from Old High German hanaf →