hæfen
Old English
noun
Definitions
- (sheltered) inlet; harbour, port
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *habnō (haven, harbour, harvour).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*habnō
Gloss
haven, harbour, harvour
Kanji
港, 津
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- have English
- haven English
- Hafnia Latin
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kopno- Proto-Indo-European
- havn Norwegian Bokmål
- *habnō Proto-Germanic
- *habą Proto-Germanic
- hamn Norwegian Nynorsk
- habban Old English
- hast Middle English
- haven Middle English
- havest Middle English
- hǫfn Old Norse
- Þórshǫfn Old Norse
- havn Danish
- höfn Icelandic
- hafn Welsh
- havene Middle Dutch
- havn Faroese
- høvn Faroese
- habene Middle High German
- *habanu gmw-pro
- *havana Old Dutch
- hamn Old Swedish
- hamn Westrobothnian
- *hafen Old Frisian
- hafn Old Danish