*hampą

Runic: ᚺᚨᛗᛈᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑm.pɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

  1. happiness
  2. good luck, chance

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kob- (‘good fortune, prophecy; to bend, bow, fit in, work, succeed’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hampąhampō
Acc.hampąhampō
Gen.hampas, hampishampǫ̂
Dat.hampaihampamaz
Inst.hampōhampamiz
Voc.hampąhampō

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Descendants

  • *hap(p) (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ġehæp (Old English)
  • *happą (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ġehæp (Old English)
  • happ (Old Norse)
    • happ (Faroese)
    • happ (Icelandic)
    • happ (Norn)
  • happ (Old Norse)
    • happe, happ (Middle English)
      • hap (English)

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