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English word happy comes from Old Norse heppinn, Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (To fit in, be fitting. To occur, happen.)
heppinn (Old Norse)
*hampijaną (Proto-Germanic)
To fit in, be fitting. To occur, happen.
happen (Middle English)
happy (Middle English)
happy (English)
(intransitive) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.. (transitive) Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven. Preceded by the: happy people as a group. (as a suffix to a noun) Favoring or inclined to use.. (rare) Of persons, especially when referring to their ability to express themselves (often followed by at or in): dexterous, [...]