hovit

Finnish

Noun

hovit

nominative plural of hovi

Anagrams

vihot

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

hōvit n

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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