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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhuof—
2Proto-Germanichōfazhoof
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoph₂óshoof

Words derived from “hoef”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōfaz →Every word from Old Dutch huof →