Where does “havari” come from?
havari (Danish) comes from Italian avaria, from Arabic عوارية, from Arabic عَوَار, from Arabic عَوِرَ — to lose an eye.
havari (Danish): a breakdown; an accident
Ancestry of “havari”, step by step
havari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian avaria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | avaria | damage; breakdown, failure; inflection of... |
| 2 | Arabic | عوارية | damage in transit, average, the occurrence of... |
| 3 | Arabic | عَوَار | fault, blemish, defect, flaw |
| 4 | Arabic | عَوِرَ | to lose an eye |
via French avarie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | avarie | damage; deterioration |
| 2 | Old French | avarie | damage done to goods on a watercraft when they... |
| 3 | Old Italian | avaria | — |