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Happen

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to occur or take place
1
Stage 1 of 2
happ
Old Norse · medieval
"chance, luck"
chance, luck, the root behind events occurring by chance
2
Stage 2 of 2
happen
English · 1300s
"to occur or take place"
settled as the English word for an event occurring
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