Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The way in which something hangs. · A mass of hanging material. · A slackening of motion. · A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
To be or remain suspended. · To float, as if suspended. · To veer in one direction. · To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
From Middle English hangen, hongen, from a fusion of Old English hōn (“to hang, be hanging”, transitive verb) and hangian (“to hang, cause to hang”, intransitive verb), respectively from the transitive verb Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han and the intransitive verb *hangēn; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja (“to suspend”) and hanga (“to be suspended”); all from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną and *hangāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to waver, be in suspense”). See also Dutch hangen, Low German hangen and hängen, German hängen, Norwegian Bokmål henge, Norwegian Nynorsk henga; also Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (hāhan), Hittite 𒂵𒀀𒀭𒂵 (/kānk-/, “to hang”), Sanskrit शङ्कते (śáṅkate, “is in doubt, hesitates”), Latin cūnctārī (“to delay”).
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- Inherited-form mentionhangenenm
- Inherited-form mentionhōnang
- Inherited-form mention*hą̄hangmw-pro
- Cognate mentionhengjanon · to suspend
- Derivation mention*hanhanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*ḱenk-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionhangennl
- Cognate mentionhangennds
- Cognate mentionhängende
- Cognate mentionhengenb
- Cognate mentionhengann
- Cognate mention𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽got
- Cognate mention𒂵𒀀𒀭𒂵hit · to hang
- Cognate mentionशङ्कतेsa
- Cognate mentioncunctorla
This page abbreviates 21 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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