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 , a breakdown
Definitions
- an accident , a breakdown
Ancestry of “haveri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Havarie | accident, emergency ; 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 |
Words derived from “haveri”