Where does “Houf” come from?

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

Houf (Luxembourgish): hoof; callus

Definitions

  1. hoof; callus

Ancestry of “Houf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhuof—
2Old High Germanhuof—
3Proto-Germanichōfazhoof
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoph₂óshoof
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōfaz →Every word from Old High German huof →