homp

From Middle Low German hump, from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”).

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homp c (plural hompen, diminutive hompje n)

1. gobbet (chunk of food)

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Homp”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Derived from English hobbit, coined by Swedish translator and author Tore Zetterholm in 1947.

homp c

1. (fantasy, dated) a hobbit

   Synonyms: hob, hobbit

As homp aroused J. R. R. Tolkien's disapproval the terms hob and hobbit have since been favored instead.