*habanō

Runic: ᚺᚨᛒᚨᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑ.βɑ.nɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

harbor, haven

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂póneh₂ or *kh₂pnéh₂, from the root *keh₂p- (‘to take, seize, grasp’). Close cognate with Old Irish cúan m (‘port, harbor’), however this may be due to borrowing at an early stage.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.habanōhabanôz
Acc.habanǭhabanōz
Gen.habanōzhabanǫ̂
Dat.habanōihabanōmaz
Inst.habanōhabanōmiz
Voc.habanōhabanôz

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Descendants

  • *habanu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *havana (Old Dutch)
      • hāvene (Middle Dutch)
        • haven (Dutch)
          • hawe (Afrikaans)
          • haf, haaf (Papiamentu)
  • *habanu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *havana (Old Dutch)
      • hāvene (Middle Dutch)
        • haven (Dutch)
          • гавань (gavanʹ) (Russian)
            • гавань (havanʹ) (Ukrainian)
  • *habanu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *havana (Old Dutch)
      • hāvene (Middle Dutch)
        • havene, havre, hafne (Old French)
          • abra (Galician)
  • *habanu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *havana (Old Dutch)
      • hāvene (Middle Dutch)
        • havene, havre, hafne (Old French)
          • havre (Middle French)
            • havre (French)
              • abra (Spanish)
                • abra (English)
  • *habanu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hæfen, hæfene (Old English)
      • haven, havene (Middle English)
        • haven (English)
        • havin, hevin, heavin (Scots)
  • *habanu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *hafen, *haven (Old Frisian)
      • Hauenge, Hoawen (Saterland Frisian)
      • haven (West Frisian)
  • *habanu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *havana, *havan (Old Saxon)
      • hāvene, hāven (Middle Low German)
        • Haven (German Low German)
  • *habanu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *havana, *havan (Old Saxon)
      • hāvene, hāven (Middle Low German)
        • habene (Middle High German)
          • Hafen (German)
          • Hafen (Luxembourgish)
          • האַוון (havn) (Yiddish)
  • hǫfn (Old Norse)
    • havn, høvn (Faroese)
    • höfn (Icelandic)
    • Hafnia (Latin)
  • hǫfn (Old Norse)
    • havn (Danish)
      • havn (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • hǫfn (Old Norse)
    • hamn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • hamn (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • hǫfn (Old Norse)
    • hamn, hafn (Old Swedish)
      • hamn (Swedish)

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