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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 *kewp- (“to arch, bend, curve, vault”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*hūbǭ f
- a covering for the head; hood; cowl
Inflection
Declension of *hūbǭ (ōn-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*hūbǭ
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*hūbōniz
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| vocative
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*hūbǭ
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*hūbōniz
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| accusative
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*hūbōnų
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*hūbōnunz
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| genitive
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*hūbōniz
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*hūbōnǫ̂
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| dative
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*hūbōni
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*hūbōmaz
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| instrumental
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*hūbōnē
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*hūbōmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hūbā
- Old English: hūfe
- Old Frisian: hūve, houwe
- Old Saxon: hūva
- Middle Low German: hûve
- German Low German: Huve, Huuv
- Old Dutch: *hūva
- Old High German: hūba
- Middle High German: hūbe, hoube
- German: Haube
- Luxembourgish: Hauf
- Rhine Franconian: Haub
- → Old French: huve
- Middle French: huve, hobe (latter also considered a new borrowing from MHG)
- Old Norse: húfa