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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ.βɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize; take up; lift”).

Noun

*habą n

  1. sea
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *habą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *habą *habō
vocative *habą *habō
accusative *habą *habō
genitive *habas, *habis *habǫ̂
dative *habai *habamaz
instrumental *habō *habamiz
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hab
    • Old English: hæf, heaf
    • Old Frisian: *haf, hef
    • Old Saxon: *haf
      • Middle Low German: haf
    • Old Dutch: haf
    • Old High German: *hab
      • Middle High German: hap (genitive: habes)
  • Old Norse: haf
  • → Proto-Samic: *āpē (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize; take up; lift”).

Noun

*habą n

  1. lift, lifting, elevation
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *habą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *habą *habō
vocative *habą *habō
accusative *habą *habō
genitive *habas, *habis *habǫ̂
dative *habai *habamaz
instrumental *habō *habamiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hab
    • Old English: *haf, *hæf
      • ⇒? Middle English: haftre (“support beam”)
    • Old High German: *hab
      • ⇒ Old High German: urhab n or m
        • Middle High German: urhap
          • German: Urhab
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *habattjan
      • >? Old English: hafettan
    • ⇒? Old English: *hafu (possibly a back-formation from the neuter plural)
      • ⇒ Old English: *āhafu
  • Old Norse: *haf
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