heffen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to lift, to raise
- to begin (of a letter)
- to collect, to receive (money)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch heffen inherited from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (have, lift, hold, take up, heave, lift heave) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kh₂pyéti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hefeiland Dutch, Flemish
- heffen Dutch, Flemish
- heffing Dutch, Flemish
- hefinstallatie Dutch, Flemish
- hevig Dutch, Flemish
- ontheffen Dutch, Flemish
- opheffen Dutch, Flemish
- verheffen Dutch, Flemish
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyé- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *habanaz Proto-Germanic
- *habjaną Proto-Germanic
- habban Old English
- hebban Old English
- hefeld Old English
- hafa Old Norse
- hefja Old Norse
- habēn Old High German
- havēn Old High German
- hevan Old High German
- hāben Old High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *habbjan gmw-pro
- hebben Old Dutch
- heffen Old Dutch
- *kapiō Proto-Italic
- hebba Old Frisian