*hufą

Runic: ᚺᚢᚠᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxu.ɸɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

  1. hill, elevated place
  2. house, hall, estate

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂wp-os, from *keh₂wp- (‘to bend, arch, vault’). Related to *haupaz (‘heap’); see there for more.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hufąhufō
Acc.hufąhufō
Gen.hufas, hufishufǫ̂
Dat.hufaihufamaz
Inst.hufōhufamiz
Voc.hufąhufō

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Descendants

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

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