A fusion of Old English hōn ("to hang, be hanging") [intrans.] and hangian [trans.]; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja and hanga; all from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną (compare Dutch hangen, Low German hangen and hängen, German hängen, Norwegian Bokmål henge, Norwegian Nynorsk henga), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- ("to waver, be in suspense") (compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽, Hittite, Sanskrit शङ्कते ("is in doubt, hesitates"), Latin cunctari ("to delay")).
From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of hamsandwich.
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