huva

Swedish

noun

Definitions

a hood, a bonnet, a cap, a tea cosy, a (soft and removable) cover

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish hūva, huva inherited from Old Norse húfa inherited from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ (hood, cowl, head covering).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hūbǭ

Gloss

hood, cowl, head covering

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*kewp- Proto-Indo-European
hue Norwegian Bokmål
*hūbǭ Proto-Germanic
hue Norwegian Nynorsk
hūfe Old English
houve Middle English
húfa Old Norse
hue Danish
húfa Icelandic
hūba Old High German
hūva Old High German
hūk Middle Low German
huva Old Swedish
hūva, huva Old Swedish