hangen
Low German
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to hang; to be suspended
- (intransitive) to stick; to cling
- (intransitive) to be fond of, to feel strongly about
- (transitive) to hang (something); to suspend (hängen (hängen) is usually preferred in this sense)
- (transitive) to hang (someone), e.g. for a crime (hängen (hängen) is usually preferred in this sense)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Saxon hāhan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hanhaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behang English
- forhang English
- hang English
- hang-by English
- hangability English
- hangable English
- hangbird English
- hangboard English
- hangdog English
- hangee English
- hanger English
- hangest English
- hangeth English
- hangle English
- hangman English
- hangnail English
- hangnest English
- hangout English
- hangover English
- hangtag English
- hangtime English
- hangwoman English
- hangworthy English
- overhang English
- rehang English
- straphang English
- underhang English
- unhang English
- uphang English
- Hang German
- hanguear Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱenk- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱonk- Proto-Indo-European
- *hanhaną Proto-Germanic
- hon Old English
- hōn Old English
- hanga Old Norse
- hanger Cebuano
- hangen Middle Dutch
- hāhan Old High German
- hangon Old Dutch
- hān Old Dutch
- hangen Middle Low German
- hahan Old Saxon
- hāhan Old Saxon