Where does “hangen” come from?

hangen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon hāhan, from Proto-Germanic hanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- — to hang.

Ancestry of “hangen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonhāhanto hang
2Proto-Germanichanhanąto hang
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱenk-to hang

Words derived from “hangen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hanhaną →Every word from Old Saxon hāhan →
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