Where does “hoby” come from?

hoby (Middle English) comes from Albanian hobe, from Middle Low German hōpen, from Old Saxon hopon, from Proto-West Germanic hopōn — to hope, to expect.

Ancestry of “hoby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianhobecatapult, sling
2Middle Low Germanhōpento hope
3Old Saxonhopon—
4Proto-West Germanichopōnto hope, to expect

Words derived from “hoby”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic hopōn →Every word from Old Saxon hopon →Every word from Middle Low German hōpen →
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