Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habanu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habanō.

Noun

*habanu f

harbour, haven

Inflection

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

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