habech

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old High German habuch, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈhabəx/

    Noun

    habech m

    1. hawk

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Central Franconian:
    • German: Habicht
    • Swabian: Hack

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “habech”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "habech" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)