haf
Icelandic
/haːv/
noun
Definitions
- ocean, sea
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse haf (sea, lifting, ocean, elevation, uplift, heaving) inherited from Proto-Germanic *habą (sea).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*habą
Gloss
sea
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
海
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- haaf English
- aapa Finnish
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pnós Proto-Indo-European
- hav Norwegian Bokmål
- *habnō Proto-Germanic
- *habą Proto-Germanic
- hav Norwegian Nynorsk
- haf Old Norse
- hafsins Old Norse
- hav Danish
- Kyrrahaf Icelandic
- Miðjarðarhaf Icelandic
- aðalhaf Icelandic
- fær Icelandic
- haffær Icelandic
- hafmey Icelandic
- haftyrðill Icelandic
- haförn Icelandic
- jörð Icelandic
- kyrr Icelandic
- mey Icelandic
- miðjarðarhafslanga Icelandic
- tyrðill Icelandic
- örn Icelandic
- hav Faroese
- haf Old Swedish
- hav Westrobothnian
- haaf Scots
- haw Scanian