Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hufą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“to bend, arch, vault”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxu.ɸɑ̃/

Noun

*hufą n

hill, elevated place
house, hall, estate

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hufą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hufą	*hufō
vocative	*hufą	*hufō
accusative	*hufą	*hufō
genitive	hufas, hufis	*hufǫ̂
dative	*hufai	*hufamaz
instrumental	*hufō	*hufamiz

Descendants

Old English: hof
- Middle English: hof
  - Scots: hoff, howf, howff
  - English: hof, hovel, howff
Old Frisian: hof
- North Frisian: hof, höf, haaf
- Saterland Frisian: Hoaf
- West Frisian: hôf, hou
Old Saxon: hof
- Middle Low German: hof
  - Low German: Hoff
  - → Estonian: hoov
Frankish: *huf, *hof
- Old Dutch: *hof
  - Middle Dutch: hof
    - Dutch: hof
- → Old French: huvelet
Old High German: hof
- Middle High German: hof
  - German: Hof
  - Luxembourgish: Haff
  - Pennsylvania German: Hof
Old Norse: hof
- Faroese: hov
- Icelandic: hof
- Norwegian: hoff
- Old Swedish: hof
  - Swedish: hov
  - → Finnish: hovi

References

Gerhard Köbler, Germanisches Wörterbuch, 5th ed. (2014).

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