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==Origin==
==Origin==
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hænep''; akin to Old High German ''hanaf'' hemp, [[Greek]] ''kannabis''
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hænep''; akin to Old High German ''hanaf'' hemp, [[Greek]] ''kannabis''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th century]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th century]
The etymology is uncertain but there appears to be no common [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-indoeuropean Proto-indoeuropean] source for the various forms of the word; the Greek term ''kánnabis'' is the oldest attested form, which may have been borrowed from an earlier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythian Scythian] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian Thracian] word. Then it appears to have been borrowed into [[Latin]], and separately into Slavic and from there into Baltic, Finnish, and Germanic languages.
The etymology is uncertain but there appears to be no common [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-indoeuropean Proto-indoeuropean] source for the various forms of the word; the Greek term ''kánnabis'' is the oldest attested form, which may have been borrowed from an earlier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythian Scythian] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian Thracian] word. Then it appears to have been borrowed into [[Latin]], and separately into Slavic and from there into Baltic, Finnish, and Germanic languages.
