Where does “heven” come from?

heven (Tok Pisin) comes from English heaven, from Middle English hevene, from Old English heofon, from Proto-West Germanic hebun — sky; heaven.

heven (Tok Pisin): heaven

Definitions

  1. heaven

Ancestry of “heven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheavenThe sky, "specifically"; The abode of God or the...
2Middle EnglishheveneHeaven; a divine realm or positive afterlife
3Old Englishheofonthe sky; heaven; the power of heaven
4Proto-West Germanichebunsky; heaven
Every word from Proto-West Germanic hebun →Every word from Old English heofon →Every word from Middle English hevene →