| Arabic | khafat | lightness |
| Pers. | xafàla | flock of birds |
| Pers. | xufuq | the flight of a bird |
| Pers. | xuffàS | bat, 16.9; Swallow, 316 |
| Arabic | xuttaf | (metath.) bat, 16.9; Swallow, 316 |
| Anc.Greek | okypteros | (root kyp-) rapid |
| Anc.Greek | oxypetès | that flies swiftly > Lat. accipiter |
| Mod.Greek | xyptére, xeftéri | swift, rapid |
| Mod.Greek | xeftéri | Sparrow Hawk, 225 |
| Alb. | skifteri | Sparrow Hawk, 225 (cf. ysgyflw, hereunder) |
| Mod.Greek | xafniká | unexpectedly; xafnidzo to take by surprise |
| Germ. | happen | to snatch |
| Franç. | happer | (surtout Wall.) to snatch |
| Germ.reg. | haff | Goshawk, 224 |
| Germ.reg. | haefer | goat, cf. gabhar,cabra, above |