Where does “hynkel” come from?
hynkel (Silesian) comes from German Henkel, from German henken, from Old High German henken, from Old High German hengen, from Proto-West Germanic *hangijan, from Proto-Germanic hangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
hynkel (Silesian): handle, haft
Definitions
- handle, haft
Ancestry of “hynkel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Henkel | handle |
| 2 | German | henken | to hang; to execute by hanging |
| 3 | Old High German | henken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hengen | idem |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hangijan | to cause to hang |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hangijaną | to cause to hang |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |