hamn
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- port (dock or harbour)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish hamn inherited from Old Norse hǫfn (haven, port, harbour) 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
- hamina Finnish
- Hafnia Latin
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kopno- Proto-Indo-European
- havn Norwegian Bokmål
- *habnō Proto-Germanic
- *habą Proto-Germanic
- hamna Swedish
- hamnskiftare Swedish
- luft Swedish
- lufthamn Swedish
- skifta Swedish
- hamn Norwegian Nynorsk
- hæfen Old English
- hǫfn Old Norse
- Þórshǫfn Old Norse
- havn Danish
- höfn Icelandic
- havene Middle Dutch
- havn Faroese
- høvn Faroese
- habene Middle High German
- *habanu gmw-pro
- *havana Old Dutch
- hamn Old Swedish
- hamn Westrobothnian
- hafn Old Danish