Etymograph

English

Hangu

Hangu comes from Hungarian hangony ‘a noisy place, a place with an echo’, and goes back to hang ‘noise’.

  1. Hungarianmodernhang‘noise’
  2. Hungarian, derivedmodernhangony‘a noisy place, a place with an echo’
  3. Romanianc. 1500–presentHangu
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Hungarianmodernhang‘noise’
  2. Hungarian, derivedmodernhangony‘a noisy place, a place with an echo’
  3. Romanianc. 1500–presentHangu
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A commune of Neamț County, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hungarian hang / Hangu