hoven

hoven · verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*habjaną“to lift, heave”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*habanaz
3. Old English · inherited fromhafen
4. Middle English · inherited fromhoven
5. English todayhoven

From Middle English hoven, alteration of Old English hafen, ġehafen by analogy with class 4 strong verbs (compare broken, past participle of breken (“to break”)), from Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to hove + -en. Compare German Low German hoven (“hoven”, past participle), German gehoben (“hoven”, past participle). More at heave.

hoven · adjective²

From hoove + -en.

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