hefja
Icelandic
/ˈhɛvja/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (transitive) to lift, to raise
- (transitive) to elevate, to exalt, to promote
- (transitive) to begin, to start
Etymology
Inherited 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
- heave English
- heaver English
- heavest English
- heaveth English
- heavy English
- heft English
- overheave English
- upheave English
- heivata Finnish
- Hebel German
- Hebopfer German
- Hebung German
- abheben German
- anheben German
- aufheben German
- ausheben German
- beheben German
- emporheben German
- entheben German
- erheben German
- heben German
- herausheben German
- hieven German
- hochheben German
- verheben German
- 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
- häva Swedish
- upphäva Swedish
- heva Norwegian Nynorsk
- heve Norwegian Nynorsk
- hevja Norwegian Nynorsk
- hevje Norwegian Nynorsk
- hiva Norwegian Nynorsk
- hive Norwegian Nynorsk
- habban Old English
- hebban Old English
- hefeld Old English
- heven Middle English
- hafa Old Norse
- hefja Old Norse
- hæve Danish
- koldhæve Danish
- langtidshæve Danish
- heffen Middle Dutch
- habēn Old High German
- havēn Old High German
- hevan Old High German
- hāben Old High German
- hevja Faroese
- heben Middle High German
- hiewen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *habbjan gmw-pro
- hebben Old Dutch
- heffen Old Dutch
- höoban Cimbrian
- hæfia Old Swedish
- hyv Westrobothnian
- hebba Old Frisian