Proto-Germanic

*hampą

‘happiness’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *hampą.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *hampą, most familiar first.

• happy ← hap ← happ
• happen ← happenen ← hæppan ← *heppa ← *hampijaną
• perhaps ← perhappes ← perhap ← hap ← happ
• happening ← happen ← happenen ← happen ← hæppan
• hap ← happ
• perhap ← hap ← happ

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hampą