| rdfs:comment | - A fusion of [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Hang]] hōn (“‘to hang, be hanging’”) [intrans.] and hangian (“‘to hang, cause to hang’”) [trans.]; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend" and hanga "be suspended"; all from a Proto-Germanic root *khang-, from Proto-Indo-European *keng- "to waver, be in suspense" (cfr. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers", Latin cunctari "to delay")
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| abstract | - A fusion of [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Hang]] hōn (“‘to hang, be hanging’”) [intrans.] and hangian (“‘to hang, cause to hang’”) [trans.]; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend" and hanga "be suspended"; all from a Proto-Germanic root *khang-, from Proto-Indo-European *keng- "to waver, be in suspense" (cfr. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers", Latin cunctari "to delay")
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