*hūbǭ

Runic: ᚺᚢᛒᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxuː.βɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

a covering for the head; hood; cowl

From Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (‘to arch, bend, curve, vault’).

*hūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hūva (Old Dutch)
  - hūve (Middle Dutch)
    - huif (Dutch)
*hūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūfe (Old English)
  - houve, houe, houfe, houffe, houwe, howe, howfe, howve, huve (Middle English)
    - how, hou (Scots)
*hūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
- huve (Old French)
  - huve, hobe (Middle French)
    - aubette (French)
*hūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūve, houwe (Old Frisian)
  - huw, höw (North Frisian)
*hūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūba (Old High German)
  - hūbe, hoube (Middle High German)
    - Haube (German)
    - Hauf (Luxembourgish)
    - Haub (Rhine Franconian)
*hūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūva (Old Saxon)
  - hûve (Middle Low German)
    - Huve, Huuv (German Low German)
húfa (Old Norse)
- hue (Danish)
- húgva (Faroese)
- húfa (Icelandic)
- hue, huve (Norwegian)
húfa (Old Norse)
- hūva (Old Swedish)
  - huva (Swedish)