Where does “haaveri” come from?
haaveri (Finnish) comes from Swedish haveri, from German Havarie, from Middle Low German haverye, from Dutch haverij, from Italian avaria, from Arabic عوارية, from Arabic عَوَار, from Arabic عَوِرَ — to lose an eye.
haaveri (Finnish): shipwreck; minor accident
Definitions
- shipwreck; minor accident
Ancestry of “haaveri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | haveri | an accident (especially of shipping and aircraft disasters, that require investigation) |
| 2 | German | Havarie | accident, emergency (most often of a ship); shipwreck |
| 3 | Middle Low German | haverye | — |
| 4 | Dutch | haverij | — |
| 5 | Italian | avaria | damage; breakdown, failure; inflection of... |
| 6 | Arabic | عوارية | damage in transit, average, the occurrence of... |
| 7 | Arabic | عَوَار | fault, blemish, defect, flaw |
| 8 | Arabic | عَوِرَ | to lose an eye |