Where does “hān” come from?
hān (Old Dutch) comes from Old Saxon hāhan, from Proto-Germanic hanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- — to hang.
Ancestry of “hān”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | hāhan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hanhaną | to hang |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱenk- | to hang |