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Where does “hǫfn” come from?

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

hǫfn (Old Norse): port, harbor, haven

Definitions

  1. port, harbor, haven

Ancestry of “hǫfn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichabnōharbour, haven; harvour, haven
2Proto-Indo-Europeankopno-—

Words derived from “hǫfn”

  • hafnium
  • Tórshavn
  • hafnon
  • hafnian
  • eka-hafnium
  • hafnate
  • organohafnium
  • dihafnium
  • radiohafnium
  • Hafnia
  • hamina
  • hafnijs
  • lufthamn
  • hamna
  • hamn
  • havn
  • anløpshavn
  • lufthavn
  • havneanløp
  • havneby
  • Hafnia
  • lufthamn
  • hamn
  • lufthavn
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