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Where does “huof” come from?

huof (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós — hoof.

Ancestry of “huof”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichōfazhoof
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoph₂óshoof

Words derived from “huof”

  • Hufnagel
  • Huf
  • Huftier
  • Hufschlag
  • behuft
  • hufulo
  • hufumo
  • hufo
  • hufofero
  • hufnal
  • huof
  • Houf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós →