Words that come from Old Norse “hǫfn”

40 words across 16 languages descend from Old Norse hǫfn — including hafnium, Tórshavn, hafnon, Hafnia, havn, hafnium, Hafnia, Havn.

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English (9)

Faroese (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Icelandic (3)

Swedish (3)

Danish (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Latin (1)

Slovak (1)

Translingual (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Latvian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Malay (1)

Finnish (1)

Old Swedish (1)