Etymology

hempen

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Today it means: Made of hemp Full definition →

Middle English hempen ← Old English *hænepen ← Proto-West Germanic *hanapīn
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hanapīn“hempen, made of hemp”
  2. Old English · inherited from*hænepen“made of hemp, hempen”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhempen
  4. English todayhempen

From Middle English hempen, hempyn, from Old English *hænepen (“made of hemp, hempen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapīn (“hempen, made of hemp”), equivalent to hemp + -en. Cognate with West Frisian himpen (“hempen”), Dutch hennepen (“hempen”), German Low German hempen (“hempen”), German hanfen, hänfen (“hempen”). More at hemp.

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