Where does “hafen” come from?
hafen (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic habnō, from Proto-Indo-European kopno-.
Ancestry of “hafen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *habanu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | habnō | harbour, haven; harvour, haven |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kopno- | — |
Words derived from “hafen”