Where does “han” come from?

han (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hánn, from Proto-Norse hānaʀ.

han (Norwegian Bokmål): he, him

Definitions

  1. he, him

Ancestry of “han”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehánnhe third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun
2Proto-Norsehānaʀ—

Words derived from “han”

Every word from Proto-Norse hānaʀ →Every word from Old Norse hánn →