Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habanu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habanō.

Noun

*habanu f

1. harbour, haven

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*habanu
Genitive	*habanā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*habanu	*habanō
Accusative	*habanā	*habanā
Genitive	*habanā	*habanō
Dative	*habanē	*habanōm, *habanum
Instrumental	*habanu	*habanōm, *habanum

Related terms

• *hab

Descendants

• Old English: hæfen, hæfene (possibly a loanword from Old Norse)
  • Middle English: haven, havene
    • Scots: havin, hevin, heavin
    • English: haven
• Old Frisian: *hafen, *haven
  • Saterland Frisian: Hauenge, Hoawen (possibly loaned from Low German)
  • West Frisian: haven
• Old Saxon: *havana; *havan m
  • Middle Low German: hāvene, hāven f or m
    • German Low German: Haven
    • → Middle High German: habene f (also m?)
      • German: Hafen m (under direct Middle Low German influence)
      • Luxembourgish: Hafen
      • Yiddish: האַוון m (havn)
• Old Dutch: *havana
  • Middle Dutch: hāvene
    • Dutch: haven
      • Afrikaans: hawe
    • → Old French: havene, havre, hafne
      • Middle French: havre
        • French: havre
          • → Spanish: abra
            • → English: abra
      • → Galician: abra