Where does “hān” come from?

hān (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic hainō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃i- — to sharpen; sharpen.

hān (Old English): boundary stone

Definitions

  1. boundary stone

Ancestry of “hān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichainōwhetstone
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₃i-to sharpen; sharpen

Words derived from “hān”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃i- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hainō →