Where does “hen” come from?
hen (Swedish) comes from Old Norse hein, from Proto-Germanic hainō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃i- — to sharpen; sharpen.
hen (Swedish): A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified...
Definitions
- A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified...
Ancestry of “hen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | hein | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hainō | whetstone |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱeh₃i- | to sharpen; sharpen |