haven
Middle English
/ˈhaːvən/, /haːn/
verb
Definitions
- to have
Etymology
Inherited from Old English habban (possess, have) inherited from *habbjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (have, lift, hold, take up, heave, lift heave).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*habjaną
Gloss
have, lift, hold, take up, heave, lift heave
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brookhaven English
- behave English
- chave English
- had English
- has English
- hast English
- hath English
- havable English
- have English
- haveless English
- haven English
- haven't English
- havenae English
- havenage English
- havener English
- havenless English
- havest English
- hobnob English
- mishave English
- safehaven English
- haben German
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyé- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyéti Proto-Indo-European
- haver Portuguese
- *habanaz Proto-Germanic
- *habjaną Proto-Germanic
- *habnō Proto-Germanic
- ahabban Old English
- behabban Old English
- forhabban Old English
- gehabban Old English
- habban Old English
- hebban Old English
- hefeld Old English
- hæfen Old English
- hæfst Old English
- oferhabban Old English
- ofhabban Old English
- onhabban Old English
- wiþerhabban Old English
- wiþhabban Old English
- ymbhabban Old English
- æthabban Old English
- hast Middle English
- hasten Middle English
- havest Middle English
- hafa Old Norse
- hefja Old Norse
- haste Old French
- havi Esperanto
- hafn Welsh
- haben Old High German
- habēn Old High German
- havēn Old High German
- heffen Old High German
- hevan Old High German
- hāben Old High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *habanu gmw-pro
- *habbjan gmw-pro
- hebben Old Dutch
- heffen Old Dutch
- hebbian Old Saxon
- hebba Old Frisian
- heva Old Frisian
- abi Sranan Tongo