hovit

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Finnish

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Noun

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hovit

  1. nominative plural of hovi

Anagrams

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *haubudą.

Noun

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hōvit n

  1. head
    • Sattos aruit an ruggi unsin, gesattos man ouir hôvit unsa
      You set tribulations on our back, you set men over our heads

Declension

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hōvit is only attested in the singular. The inflections given in the chart are the attested forms, but the root hōvit has various spellings. The plural inflections are hypothetical as indicated by the asterisk.

Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: hôvet
    • Dutch: hoofd
      • Afrikaans: hoof
      • Indonesian: hop
      • Negerhollands: hoofd
    • Limburgish: houf-, höjdj- (compounds only)

Further reading

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  • hōvit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012