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

  1. A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified...

Ancestry of “hen”, step by step

hen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse hein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheinwhetstone
2Proto-Germanichainōwhetstone
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₃i-to sharpen; sharpen

via Finnish hän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhänhe, she, one, they
2Proto-Finnichänhe, she; it, for inanimate objects

Words derived from “hen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃i- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hainō →Every word from Old Norse hein →