hevan

Old High German

Alternative forms

heven, heffen

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”). Cognate with Old Saxon hebbian, Old English hebban, Old Norse hefja, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hafjan).

Verb

hevan

to lift

Descendants

Middle High German: heben, heven
- Cimbrian: höoban
- German: heben
- Luxembourgish: hiewen

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *himinaz (“cloud cover, sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *kemen-, *ḱemen- (“sky, cloud”).

Noun

hevan m

heaven, sky
the power of heaven

Declension

Declension of hevan (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	hevan	hevanos
accusative	hevan	hevanos
genitive	hevanes	hevanō
dative	hevane	hevanum
instrumental	—	—

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