hoof
English
/hʊf/
noun
Definitions
- The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
- (slang) The human foot.
- (geometry) An ungula.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hoof inherited from Old English hōf inherited from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (hoof).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱoph₂ós
Gloss
hoof
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beat English
- bound English
- bro English
- brohoof English
- empty English
- empty-hoofed English
- forehoof English
- hoofbeat English
- hoofbound English
- hoofed English
- hoofer English
- hoofless English
- hooflike English
- hoofmark English
- hoofprint English
- hoofrot English
- hoofstock English
- hoofy English
- hooved English
- horse English
- horsehoof English
- mark English
- print English
- rot English
- stock English
- tun English
- tunhoof English
- underhoof English
- unhoof English
- unhoofed English
- huovi Finnish
- Huf German
- Hufeisen German
- Hufschlag German
- Hufschmied German
- Huftier German
- hoef Dutch, Flemish
- hoefdier Dutch, Flemish
- hoefijzer Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱoph₂ós Proto-Indo-European
- *hōfaz Proto-Germanic
- hov Swedish
- hovrätt Swedish
- kopytny Polish
- kopyto Polish
- hestehov Norwegian Nynorsk
- hov Norwegian Nynorsk
- hóv Norwegian Nynorsk
- hōf Old English
- शफ Sanskrit
- hoof Middle English
- hors hof Middle English
- hoved Middle English
- hófr Old Norse
- hov Danish
- *kopyto Proto-Slavic
- hufo Esperanto
- hoef Middle Dutch
- huof Old High German
- huof Middle High German
- Houf Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Houfeisen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Houfschmadd Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *huof Old Dutch
- *ćapʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- hōv Old Swedish
- *śapʰás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *cafáh Proto-Iranian
- Huf Pennsylvania German
- Hufeise Pennsylvania German
- hüf Vilamovian
- kopyt Vilamovian
- 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 Avestan