Where does “hob” come from?

hob (Old Danish) comes from Middle Low German hōp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.

Ancestry of “hob”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhōp—
2Old Saxonhōp—
3Proto-West Germanichaupheap, pile
4Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
5Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill

Words derived from “hob”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European koupos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haupaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haup →