hann
Old Norse
pronoun
Definitions
- he third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ derived from Proto-Germanic *jainaz (that over there, yon).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*jainaz
Gloss
that over there, yon
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- he English
- he-bitch English
- he-she English
- hefemale English
- heorshe English
- she-he English
- *i- Proto-Indo-European
- ham Norwegian Bokmål
- hamlet Norwegian Bokmål
- hamskifte Norwegian Bokmål
- han Norwegian Bokmål
- hankjønn Norwegian Bokmål
- *jainaz Proto-Germanic
- han Swedish
- han Norwegian Nynorsk
- hankjønn Norwegian Nynorsk
- geon Old English
- ġeon Old English
- ġeonre Old English
- he Middle English
- -inn Old Norse
- hinn Old Norse
- hánn Old Norse
- hón Old Norse
- alfahan Danish
- han Danish
- handyr Danish
- hankøn Danish
- hun Danish
- hunkøn Danish
- hann Icelandic
- jener Old High German
- jēner Old High German
- hann Faroese
- 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍂𐍉 Gothic
- 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *gēn Old Dutch
- han Old Swedish
- han Old Danish
- an Elfdalian
- *hānaʀ Proto-Norse