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Where does “henep” come from?

henep (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hanapi, from Proto-Germanic hanapiz — hemp.

henep (Old English): hemp

Definitions

  1. hemp

Ancestry of “henep”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichanapihemp
2Proto-Germanichanapizhemp

Words derived from “henep”

  • hemp
  • hemplike
  • hempish
  • hempie
  • hempvine
  • hemp
  • hanep
  • hempe
  • henpe
  • henepe
  • henep
  • henoppe
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