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Where does “Huf” come from?

Huf (German) comes from Old High German huof, from Proto-Germanic hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós — hoof.

Huf (German): hoof, the solid toe of an ungulate animal such as...

Definitions

  1. hoof, the solid toe of an ungulate animal such as...

Ancestry of “Huf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhuof—
2Proto-Germanichōfazhoof
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoph₂óshoof

Words derived from “Huf”

  • Hufnagel
  • Huftier
  • Hufschlag
  • behuft
  • hufulo
  • hufumo
  • hufo
  • hufofero
  • hufnal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós →