Where does “Han” come from?

Han (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German henne, from Old Saxon *hennia, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic hanjō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂n- — to sing.

Han (Plautdietsch): hen

Definitions

  1. hen

Ancestry of “Han”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhenne—
2Old Saxon*hennia—
3Proto-West Germanic*hannjuhen
4Proto-Germanichanjōhen
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂n-to sing

Words derived from “Han”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂n- →