houbit

See also: houbit-

Old High German

Alternative forms

• haupit

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haubid, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą, *haubidą.

Noun

houbit n

1. (anatomy) head

Declension

Declension of houbit (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	houbit	houbit
accusative	houbit	houbit
genitive	houbites	houbito
dative	houbite	houbitum
instrumental	houbitu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: höubet, houbet, houpt
  • Alemannic German: Haupt
  • German: Haupt, Haubt, Häubt, Häupt, Heubt, Heupt
    • → Plautdietsch: Haupt
  • Vilamovian: hiöt
  • Yiddish: הויפּט (hoypt)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “houbit”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 6th edition