Where does “hov” come from?

hov (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hófr, from Proto-Germanic hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós — hoof.

hov (Norwegian Bokmål): a hoof

Definitions

  1. a hoof

Ancestry of “hov”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehófrhoof
2Proto-Germanichōfazhoof
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoph₂óshoof

Words derived from “hov”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōfaz →Every word from Old Norse hófr →