Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Gender of a Middle Low German word/reply (2)

This is interesting, because its Germanic root was feminine, but its New High German descendant is masculine. There is a New High German word, from Old High German ; perhaps it influenced the gender of ?

Kluge's old Etymologisches Wörterbuch says "the Middle High German habene [feminine]", the immediate predecessor of New High German, "corresponds phonologically to Dutch haven [feminine] (late Old English hæfene [and] English haven, maybe loaned from Old Norse hǫfn [feminine] "harbour"). Low German haven, Danish havn, Swedish hamn are [masculine]. ("Dem mhd. habene F. entspricht lautlich ndl. haven F. (spätangls. hæfene engl. haven, wohl entlehnt aus anord. hǫfn F. "Hafen"). Ndd. haven, dän havn, schwed. hamn sind M.")

De Vries' NEW entry for haven says "haven znw. v., mnl. hāvene, hāven v., mnd. hāvene v. m. ( > nhd. hafen m.)".