On: Three Hapsburgs and a Reporter Walk into a Canadian Vault

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Nah I just took en.wiki's word for it which is always dangerous );

If I really have to push the theory, it would be an old high German form of Haupt (referring to an cowshead), since a hill can be head-shaped :)

Otoh I would not go against the word of someone who has probably seen the medieval docs

Edit: de.wiki link you gave mentions the ford

Wahrscheinlich ist der Name der Burg vom althochdeutschen Wort hab oder haw abgeleitet, das «Flussübergang» bedeutet. Damit ist eine Furt bei Altenburg gemeint

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> Edit: de.wiki link you gave mentions the ford

Oh you’re right. But that's spelled "hab" as well, still no p in sight ;)

[gsf_emergency_6 → steve1977]

Yeah, the en.wiki guy was probably just trying to capture the pronunciation (devoicing) in his dialect