hof
Old Norse
/ˈhov/
noun
Definitions
- shrine, typically in a home of a farm
- a hall, court
- a royal court
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hufą (hill, farm, house, dwelling, height, hall, estate, temple).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hufą
Gloss
hill, farm, house, dwelling, height, hall, estate, temple
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biomeasure English
- commeasure English
- countermeasure English
- hypermeasure English
- immeasurate English
- measurable English
- measurage English
- measure English
- measureless English
- measurement English
- measurer English
- measurest English
- measureth English
- mismeasure English
- outmeasure English
- overmeasure English
- premeasure English
- pseudomeasure English
- quasimeasure English
- remeasure English
- semimeasure English
- supermeasure English
- undermeasure English
- *keup- Proto-Indo-European
- *kewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *hufą Proto-Germanic
- *hufōną Proto-Germanic
- メジャー Japanese
- hof Old English
- mesure Middle English
- hof Danish
- hof Icelandic
- mesur Welsh
- hof Middle Dutch
- hof Old High German
- Haff Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hof Old Dutch
- hof Old Dutch
- hof Middle Low German
- hof Old Saxon
- hof Old Frisian