HAPPY, etymology
new_etymology — 10.11.2021[kīf, keyf] كايف (Arab.), keyif (Turk.), кайф (Rus.) - time of pleasant idleness, rest, pleasure;
kef (Old Eng.) - drug intoxication, pleasant idleness, blissful doing nothing;
кепи [kepi] (Ingush) - drunk, happy; кеп, kеp (Chechen) - drunkenness;
happy (Eng.) - glad; successful; hap (Old Eng.), happ (Old Norse) - luck, good chance; happen (Eng.) - to happen on occasion; allegedly from 'proto-Germanic' *hap- with no connections outside Germanic;
hupa (Fin.) - happy; hupi, archaic huvi (Fin.) - fun, joke, joy; hupsu (Fin.) - wierd, foolish;
huvittaa (Old Fin.) - to amuse, entertain;
huvi (Est.) - interest, curiosity, fun; huvitav (Est.) - interesting, funny.
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