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

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

*habanō

Related terms

*habjaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hab
- 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
        → Dutch: haf
        → Polish: haf
- Old Dutch: haf
- 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: *āpē (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2