Where does “hamp” come from?

hamp (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hampr, from Proto-Germanic hanapiz — hemp.

hamp (Norwegian Bokmål): hemp

Definitions

  1. hemp

Ancestry of “hamp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehamprhemp
2Proto-Germanichanapizhemp
Every word from Proto-Germanic hanapiz →Every word from Old Norse hampr →
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