Where does “hankjønn” come from?

hankjønn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kjønn, from Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

hankjønn (Norwegian Bokmål): male sex or gender; masculine gender

Definitions

  1. male sex or gender; masculine gender

Ancestry of “hankjønn”, step by step

hankjønn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kjønn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkjønnsex or gender; gender; sex organ
2Old Norsekynkin
3Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Norwegian Bokmål han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhanhe, him
2Old Norsehánnhe third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun
3Proto-Norsehānaʀ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunją →