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Where does “hobad” come from?
hobad (Irish) comes from English hobbit, from Old English holbȳtla.
hobad
(Irish): hobbit
Definitions
hobbit
Ancestry of “hobad”, step by step
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Language
Word
Meaning
1
English
hobbit
A fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy...
2
Old English
holbȳtla
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