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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōfą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Noun

*hōfą n[1]

  1. necessity

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hōfą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hōfą *hōfō
vocative *hōfą *hōfō
accusative *hōfą *hōfō
genitive *hōfas, *hōfis *hōfǫ̂
dative *hōfai *hōfamaz
instrumental *hōfō *hōfamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hōf
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *bihōf
      • Old English: behōf
      • Old Frisian: bihōf
        • Saterland Frisian: Bihouf
        • West Frisian: behoef
      • Old Saxon: *bihōf
        • Middle Low German: behôf
          • German Low German: Behöf
            • ⇒ German Low German: behövig
          • → Danish: behov
          • → Swedish: behov
      • Old Dutch: *bihuof
      • Old High German: *bihuof
        • Middle High German: behuof
  • Old Norse: hóf

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xōfan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 181b
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