haan

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ɦaːn/

noun
Definitions
  • A cock, a rooster male chicken.
  • The male of various other species of gallinaceous birds.
  • The lock or hammer of an older type of firearm.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch hane inherited from Old Dutch *hano inherited from Proto-Germanic *hanô (rooster, cock) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (sing).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kan-

Gloss

sing

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