Where does “hān” come from?

hān (Old Dutch) comes from Old Saxon hāhan, from Proto-Germanic hanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- — to hang.

hān (Old Dutch): to hang

Definitions

  1. to hang

Ancestry of “hān”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hān”

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