*hōfą

Runic: ᚺᛟᚠᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxɔː.ɸɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

necessity

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (‘to seize’). Compare, in particular, Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē) (kṓpē, ‘handle’), as well as perhaps Lithuanian kúopa (‘crowd, flock, band, penalty for damage caused by cattle’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hōfą	hōfō
Acc.	hōfą	hōfō
Gen.	hōfas, hōfis	hōfǫ̂
Dat.	hōfai	hōfamaz
Inst.	hōfō	hōfamiz
Voc.	hōfą	hōfō

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Descendants

*hōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bihōf (Proto-West Germanic)
  - *bihuof (Old Dutch)
    - behoef (Middle Dutch)
      - behoef (Dutch)
*hōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bihōf (Proto-West Germanic)
  - behōf (Old English)
    - bihove, behove (Middle English)
      - behoof (English)
      - behufe, behuif (Scots)
*hōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bihōf (Proto-West Germanic)
  - bihōf (Old Frisian)
    - Bihouf (Saterland Frisian)
    - behoef (West Frisian)
*hōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bihōf (Proto-West Germanic)
  - *bihuof (Old High German)
    - behuof (Middle High German)
      - Behuf (German)
*hōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bihōf (Proto-West Germanic)
  - *bihōf (Old Saxon)
    - behôf (Middle Low German)
      - behov (Danish)
      - behov (Swedish)
*hōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bihōf (Proto-West Germanic)
  - *bihōf (Old Saxon)
    - behôf (Middle Low German)
      - Behöf (German Low German)
        
        behövig (German Low German)
hóf (Old Norse)
- hóf (Icelandic)
- hóv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- hov (Swedish)

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