French

Noun

ahan m ‎(plural ahans)

1. pain due to manual labour
2. groan

References

1. ↑ “ahan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• aan

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Provençal afanar^[1]. Since afannō is a verb ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

Noun

ahan m ‎(oblique plural ahans, nominative singular ahans, nominative plural ahan)

1. pain; torment; suffering

Descendants

• French: ahan

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ahan)
• ahan on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

1. ↑ “ahan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).