*habą^¹

Runic: ᚺᚨᛒᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑ.βɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

sea

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-

Proto-Germanic *habą

From Proto-Indo-European *kap-ó-m, from *keh₂p- (‘to seize; take up; lift’).

*hab (Proto-West Germanic)
- haf (Old Dutch)
- hæf, heaf (Old English)
*hab (Proto-West Germanic)
- *haf, hef (Old Frisian)
  - haf, haft, heef (North Frisian)
*hab (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hab (Old High German)
  - hap (Middle High German)
*hab (Proto-West Germanic)
- *haf (Old Saxon)
  - haf (Middle Low German)
    - Haff (German Low German)
      - Haff (German)
        
        haf (Dutch)
        
        haf (Polish)
haf (Old Norse)
- haaf (English)
- hav (Faroese)
- hav, av (Gutnish)
- haf (Icelandic)
- hav (Norn)
- hav (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- haaf (Scots)
haf (Old Norse)
- hav (Danish)
  - hav (Norwegian Bokmål)
haf (Old Norse)
- haf (Old Swedish)
  - hav (Swedish)
*āpē (Proto-Samic)