Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hufą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

1. hill, elevated place
2. 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *hof
  • Old English: hof
    • Middle English: *hof, *hove
      • Scots: hoff, howf, hoif, hoiff
      • ⇒ Middle English: hovel, hovil, hovylle (diminutive)
        • English: hovel
  • Old Frisian: hof
    • North Frisian: hof, höf, haaf
    • Saterland Frisian: Hoaf
    • West Frisian: hôf, hou
  • Old Saxon: hof
    • Middle Low German: hof
      • German Low German: Hoff
      • Plautdietsch: Hoff
      • → Danish: hof
      • → Estonian: hoov
      • → Norwegian: hoff
      • → Old Swedish: hof
        • Swedish: hov, hof
          • → Finnish: hovi
          • → Finnish: huovi
        • → Finnish: hovi
  • Frankish: *huf, *hof
    • Old Dutch: *hof
      • Middle Dutch: hof
        • Dutch: hof
          • Afrikaans: hof
          • Negerhollands: hofje, hofi, hoffie (from the diminutive)
          • → Papiamentu: hòfi, hoffie (from the diminutive)
        • Limburgish: haof, hoof
        • → Scots: howff
          • → English: howff
    • →⇒ Old French: huvelet
  • Old High German: hof
    • Middle High German: hof
      • Bavarian: Hof
        • Cimbrian: hof, hoff
        • Mòcheno: hof
      • Central Franconian: Hoff, Hof, Hoaf
        • Luxembourgish: Haff
      • German: Hof, Hoff
        • → English: hof
      • Pennsylvania German: Hof
      • Yiddish: הויף (hoyf)
• Old Norse: hof
  • Icelandic: hof
  • Faroese: hov
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hov, hov
  • Swedish: hov
  • → English: hof

References

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