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Where does “hæfþ” come from?

hæfþ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic habaiþi — has.

hæfþ (Old English): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “hæfþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichabaiþihas

Words derived from “hæfþ”

  • hath
  • heath
  • heathy
  • heathland
  • heathlike
  • heathclad
  • heathwort
  • heathless
  • heathcropper
  • hath
  • hefth
  • heth
  • hafth
Every word from Proto-Germanic habaiþi →