Where does “Haft” come from?

Haft (German) comes from Old High German hafta, from Proto-Germanic haftō.

Haft (German): custody, imprisonment

Definitions

  1. custody, imprisonment

Ancestry of “Haft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhaftacustody
2Proto-Germanichaftō
Every word from Proto-Germanic haftōEvery word from Old High German hafta