Where does “хаварија” come from?
хаварија (Serbo-Croatian) 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.
хаварија (Serbo-Croatian): accident, crash, wreck (especially shipwreck,...
Definitions
- accident, crash, wreck (especially shipwreck,...
Ancestry of “хаварија”, 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 |