Where does “havarieren” come from?
havarieren (German) comes 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.
havarieren (German): to break down, to fail
Definitions
- to break down, to fail
Ancestry of “havarieren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Havarie | accident, emergency (most often of a ship); shipwreck |
| 2 | Middle Low German | haverye | — |
| 3 | Dutch | haverij | — |
| 4 | Italian | avaria | damage; breakdown, failure; inflection of... |
| 5 | Arabic | عوارية | damage in transit, average, the occurrence of... |
| 6 | Arabic | عَوَار | fault, blemish, defect, flaw |
| 7 | Arabic | عَوِرَ | to lose an eye |