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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haubidą, variant of *haubudą.
Noun
*haubid n
- head
- Synonym: *habulō
Inflection
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Singular
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*haubid
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| Genitive
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*haubidas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*haubid
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*haubidu
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| Accusative
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*haubid
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*haubidu
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| Genitive
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*haubidas
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*haubidō
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| Dative
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*haubidē
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*haubidum
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| Instrumental
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*haubidu
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*haubidum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old Saxon: hōvid, hōƀid
- Middle Low German: hovet, hövet, høvet, hoͤvet
- Low German: Höfd
- German Low German: Höfd, Höft, Höwt, Hoovd, Höövd
- Plautdietsch: Heeft
- → Saterland Frisian: Hööft
- Old Dutch: *hōvid, hōvit
- Middle Dutch: hôvet
- Dutch: hoofd
- Limburgish: houf-, höjdj- (compounds only)
- Old High German: houbit, haupit
- Middle High German: höubet, houbet, houpt