Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habą

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *keh₂p- (“to seize; take up; lift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.βɑ̃/

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

Derived terms

• *habnō

Related terms

• *habjaną

Descendants

• Old English: hæf, heaf
• Old Frisian: *haf, hef
  • North Frisian: haf, haft, heef
• Old Saxon: *haf
  • Middle Low German: haf
    • German Low German: Haff
      • → German: Haff
• Old High German: *hab
  • Middle High German: hap (genitive: habes)
• Old Norse: haf
  • Icelandic: haf
  • Faroese: hav
  • Norn: hav
  • Norwegian: hav
  • Old Swedish: haf
    • Swedish: hav
  • Danish: hav
  • Gutnish: hav, av
  • → Scots: haaf
  • → English: haaf
• → Proto-Samic:
  • Northern Sami: áhpi
  • Southern Sami: aepie