Where does “hovmod” come from?

hovmod (Danish) comes from Middle Low German hōmōt, from Middle Low German hō, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

hovmod (Danish): arrogance, hubris

Definitions

  1. arrogance, hubris

Ancestry of “hovmod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhōmōt—
2Middle Low Germanhōhigh
3Proto-Germanichwōhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “hovmod”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwō →Every word from Middle Low German hō →