Where does “hob” come from?

hob (Danish) comes from Old Danish hob, from Middle Low German hōp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.

hob (Danish): crowd, multitude; common people; heap

Definitions

  1. crowd, multitude; common people; heap

Ancestry of “hob”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishhob—
2Middle Low Germanhōp—
3Old Saxonhōp—
4Proto-West Germanichaupheap, pile
5Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
6Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill

Words derived from “hob”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European koupos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haupaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haup →
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