Gender of a Middle Low German word

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Okay, thanks! :)

Listing up the etymology of New High German Hafen is this right?

*habnō, Proto-Germanic --> hāvene, Middle Low German --> Haven, Low German --> Hafen, New High German

Actually, I encountered multiple possible etymologies for the word, so I am trying to figure out, which one is correct.

Greets

HeliosX (talk)16:35, 29 November 2014

The date at which High German borrowed the word is far enough back that it was technically a borrowing from Middle Low German (into Middle High German), but that is otherwise correct. I've updated Appendix:Proto-Germanic/habnō and Hafen to show the sequence.

- -sche (discuss)01:58, 1 December 2014