Where does “houfnice” come from?

houfnice (Czech) comes from Czech houf, from Old Czech [[húf]], [[hauf]], from Middle High German hūfe, from Proto-West Germanic hūbā, from Proto-Germanic hūbǭ, from Proto-Indo-European kēwp-.

houfnice (Czech): howitzer

Definitions

  1. howitzer

Ancestry of “houfnice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechhoufflock, crowd
2Old Czech[[húf]], [[hauf]]—
3Middle High Germanhūfe—
4Proto-West Germanichūbāhood, cowl
5Proto-Germanichūbǭa covering for the head; hood; cowl
6Proto-Indo-Europeankēwp-—

Words derived from “houfnice”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kēwp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūbǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūbā →
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