Where does “han” come from?

han (Russenorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk han, from Old Norse hánn, from Proto-Norse hānaʀ.

han (Russenorsk): he

Definitions

  1. he

Ancestry of “han”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskhanhe, him, it
2Old Norsehánnhe third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun
3Proto-Norsehānaʀ—
Every word from Proto-Norse hānaʀ →Every word from Old Norse hánn →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk han →