havn
Faroese
/havn/
noun
Definitions
- harbour, haven
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hǫfn (haven, port, harbour) derived from Proto-Germanic *habnō (haven, harbour, harvour) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopno-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kopno-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tórshavn English
- Hafnia Latin
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kopno- Proto-Indo-European
- havn Norwegian Bokmål
- *habnō Proto-Germanic
- *habą Proto-Germanic
- hamn Norwegian Nynorsk
- hæfen Old English
- hǫfn Old Norse
- Þórshǫfn Old Norse
- Thorshavn Danish
- havn Danish
- höfn Icelandic
- havene Middle Dutch
- Keypmannahavn Faroese
- Tórshavn Faroese
- Tórur Faroese
- havnarlag Faroese
- høvn Faroese
- keypmaður Faroese
- lag Faroese
- habene Middle High German
- *habanu gmw-pro
- *havana Old Dutch
- hamn Old Swedish
- hamn Westrobothnian
- hafn Old Danish