An odd etymology
From: tgpedersen
Message: 32540
Date: 2004-05-11
PIE *xapa- (*h2apa-) "water, river" >
North German,
North Germanic substrate *haBa- "sea"
German Haff "lagoon" (on the Baltic)
Danish hav "sea"
which would work if some North Jastorf (North Germany, Jutland) IE
language had preserved the laryngeal /h2/. Objections?
Torsten