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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habanō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂póneh₂ or *kh₂pnéh₂, from the root *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, grasp”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ.βɑ.nɔː/

Noun

*habanō f[1][2]

  1. harbour, haven

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *habanō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *habanō *habanôz
vocative *habanō *habanôz
accusative *habanǭ *habanōz
genitive *habanōz *habanǫ̂
dative *habanōi *habanōmaz
instrumental *habanō *habanōmiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *habanu
    • Old English: hæfen, hæfene (possibly a loanword from Old Norse)
    • Old Frisian: *hafen, *haven
      • Saterland Frisian: Hauenge, Hoawen (possibly loaned from Low German)
      • West Frisian: haven
    • Old Saxon: *havana; *havan m
    • Old Dutch: *havana
  • Old Norse: hǫfn

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*habanō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 196: “f. ‘harbor’”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xaƀanō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 147: “sb.f.”
  3. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “haven”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “pgm. *habnō-/*hafnō- ‘haven’”
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