*habą^²

Runic: ᚺᚨᛒᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑ.βɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

lift, lifting, elevation

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (‘to seize; take up; lift’), synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from *habjaną (‘to have, hold’).

*hab (Proto-West Germanic)
- *haf, *hæf (Old English)
  - haftre (Middle English)
*hab (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hafu (Old English)
  - *āhafu (Old English)
    - ūpāhafu (Old English)
*hab (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hab (Old High German)
  - urhab (Old High German)
    - urhap (Middle High German)
      - Urhab (German)
*hab (Proto-West Germanic)
- *habattjan (Proto-West Germanic)
  - hafettan (Old English)
    - hafetian (Old English)
*haf (Old Norse)
- upphaf (Old Norse)
  - upphav (Faroese)
  - upphaf (Icelandic)
  - opphav, upphav (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*haf (Old Norse)
- upphaf (Old Norse)
  - ophav (Old Danish)
    - ophav (Danish)
      - opphav (Norwegian Bokmål)
*haf (Old Norse)
- upphaf (Old Norse)
  - uphof (Old Swedish)
    - upphov, upphof (Swedish)