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Where does “hafn” come from?

hafn (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse hǫfn, from Proto-Germanic habnō, from Proto-Indo-European kopno-.

hafn (Old Danish): harbour, port

Definitions

  1. harbour, port

Ancestry of “hafn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehǫfnport, harbor, haven
2Proto-Germanichabnōharbour, haven; harvour, haven
3Proto-Indo-Europeankopno-—
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