Where does “Hlīephōc” come from?

Hlīephōc (Old English) comes from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic hōk, from Proto-Germanic hōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European kog-.

Ancestry of “Hlīephōc”, step by step

Hlīephōc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hōc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhōchook
2Proto-West Germanichōk—
3Proto-Germanichōkazhook
4Proto-Indo-Europeankog-—

via Old English hlīep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhlīepjump
2Proto-Germanic*hlaupizwalking
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hōk →