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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*hōpą n
- bow, curve, arch
- ring, hoop
Inflection
Declension of *hōpą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*hōpą
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*hōpō
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| vocative
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*hōpą
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*hōpō
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| accusative
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*hōpą
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*hōpō
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| genitive
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*hōpas, *hōpis
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*hōpǫ̂
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| dative
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*hōpai
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*hōpamaz
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| instrumental
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*hōpō
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*hōpamiz
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Descendants
- Old English: hōp
- Old Frisian: hōp
- North Frisian: hop
- Saterland Frisian: Houp
- West Frisian: hoep
- Old Dutch: *hōp
- Middle Dutch: hoop, hoep
- Dutch: hoep
- ⇒ Dutch: hoepel
- → German Low German: Hopel (borrowed ?)
- Old Norse: hóp