Where does “hōvit” come from?
hōvit (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European káput- — head.
Ancestry of “hōvit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *haubud | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | haubudą | head |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | káput- | head |
Words derived from “hōvit”