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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | hobe | catapult, sling |
| 2 | Middle Low German | hōpen | to hope |
| 3 | Old Saxon | hopon | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hopōn | to hope, to expect |
Words derived from “hoby”