Where does “haveri” come from?
haveri (Swedish) 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.
haveri (Swedish): an accident (especially of shipping and aircraft disasters, that require investigation)
Definitions
- an accident (especially of shipping and aircraft disasters, that require investigation)
Ancestry of “haveri”, 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 |