hof
Middle Dutch
/hɔf/
noun
Definitions
- court, enclosed space
- garden
- farmstead
- castle court of the nobility
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *hof 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
- howff English
- Hofman Dutch, Flemish
- appelhof Dutch, Flemish
- doolhof Dutch, Flemish
- gerechtshof Dutch, Flemish
- havezate Dutch, Flemish
- heus Dutch, Flemish
- hof Dutch, Flemish
- hofdame Dutch, Flemish
- hofdolheid Dutch, Flemish
- hoffelijk Dutch, Flemish
- hofleverancier Dutch, Flemish
- hofmeesteres Dutch, Flemish
- hofmeier Dutch, Flemish
- hofpop Dutch, Flemish
- hoveling Dutch, Flemish
- hovenier Dutch, Flemish
- kerkhof Dutch, Flemish
- tepelhof Dutch, Flemish
- *keup- Proto-Indo-European
- *kewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *hufą Proto-Germanic
- *hufōną Proto-Germanic
- hof Old English
- hof Old Norse
- hovesch Middle Dutch
- hof Old High German
- hövesch Middle High German
- Haff Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hof Old Dutch
- hof Old Dutch
- hof Middle Low German
- hof Old Saxon
- howff Scots
- hof Old Frisian
- hoof Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish