Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōbō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *keh₂péh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂po- (“land, garden”), from *keh₂p- (“to seize”). Related to Ancient Greek κῆπος (kêpos, “garden, orchard”) and possibly Albanian kopsht (“garden”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɔː.βɔː/

Noun

*hōbō f

piece of land

Inflection

Declension of *hōbō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hōbō	*hōbôz
vocative	*hōbō	*hōbôz
accusative	*hōbǭ	*hōbōz
genitive	*hōbōz	*hōbǫ̂
dative	*hōbōi	*hōbōmaz
instrumental	*hōbō	*hōbōmiz

Descendants

Old Saxon: hōva
- Middle Low German: hōve
  - Low German: Hoov
Old Dutch: *huova
- Middle Dutch: hoeve
  - Dutch: hoeve
Old High German: huoba, (Central German also) huova, hōva
- Middle High German: huobe, hūbe; hūve, hōve
  - German: Hufe, (archaic) Hube

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN