hovit

Finnish

Noun

hovit

  1. nominative plural of hovi

Anagrams

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą.

Noun

hōvit n

  1. head
    • Sattos aruit an ruggi unsin, gesattos man ouir hôvit unsa
      You set tribulations on our back, you set men over our heads

Declension

Declension of hōvit (neuter a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative hōvit hōvit
accusative hōvit hōvit
genitive hōvides hōvido
dative hōvide hōvidon

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: hôvet
    • Dutch: hoofd
      • Afrikaans: hoof
      • → Indonesian: hop
      • Negerhollands: hoofd
    • Limburgish: houf-, höjdj- (compounds only)

Further reading

  • “hōvit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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