Etymology

havest

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Middle English havest ← Old English hæfst ← Proto-Germanic *habaisi
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*habaisi
  2. Old English · inherited fromhæfst
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhavest
  4. English todayhavest

From Middle English havest, hast, second-person present singular form of haven, from Old English hæfst, hafast, second-person present singular form of habban, from Proto-Germanic *habaisi, second-person present singular form of *habjaną; equivalent to have + -est.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhæfst all →

hast

Proto-Germanic*habaisi all →

hast

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.