Where does “hanga” come from?

hanga (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- — to hang.

hanga (Old Norse): to hang

Definitions

  1. to hang

Ancestry of “hanga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichanhanąto hang
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱenk-to hang

Words derived from “hanga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hanhaną →