hevja
Faroese
verb
Definitions
- to lift, to raise
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hefja derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (have, lift, hold, take up, heave, lift heave) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyé-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kh₂pyé-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyé- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *habanaz Proto-Germanic
- *habjaną Proto-Germanic
- häva Swedish
- hevja Norwegian Nynorsk
- hevje Norwegian Nynorsk
- habban Old English
- hebban Old English
- hefeld Old English
- hafa Old Norse
- hefja Old Norse
- hæve Danish
- hefja Icelandic
- 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
- hæfia Old Swedish
- hebba Old Frisian