Where does “hoef” come from?
hoef (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch huof, from Proto-Germanic hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós — hoof.
Ancestry of “hoef”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | huof | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hōfaz | hoof |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱoph₂ós | hoof |
Words derived from “hoef”