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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hangāną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hanhaną (to hang) + *-āną.

Verb

*hangāną

  1. (intransitive) to hang, to be suspended

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. hing, v., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries: “The form hangit is from the pr. stem hang, Mid.Eng. hangen, in O.Sc. referring gen. only to judicial hanging.”.
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