Reconstruction:Old Dutch/hof

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą. Only attested in toponymic compounds.

Noun

*hof n

1. court, farmstead

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hof
  • Dutch: hof
    • Afrikaans: hof
    • Negerhollands: hofje, hofi, hoffie (from the diminutive)
    • → Papiamentu: hòfi, hoffie (from the diminutive)
  • Limburgish: haof, hoof
  • → Scots: howf, hauf, houf, houff, houffe, hooff, howff
    • → English: howf

Further reading

• “hof”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012