hevo

Old High German

Alternative forms

• heffa, heffe, hephe, heve
• heffen, hefun, hephen (all unsure whether singular or plural)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *habbjō. Compare Old English hæf.

Noun

*hevo m

1. yeast

Descendants

• Middle High German: heve, hefe; hebe, hefe; hepfen
  • Bavarian: Hefn, Hepfa, Hepfn
  • Alemannic German: Hebi
  • German: Hefe
  • Hunsrik: Heb
  • Luxembourgish: Hief
  • Yiddish: הייוון (heyvn)

Portuguese

Verb

hevo

1. first-person singular present indicative of hevar