Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūbǭ

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 *kewp- (“to arch, bend, curve, vault”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.βɔ̃ː/

Noun

*hūbǭ f

1. a covering for the head; hood; cowl

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *hūbǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hūbǭ	*hūbōniz
vocative	*hūbǭ	*hūbōniz
accusative	*hūbōnų	*hūbōnunz
genitive	*hūbōniz	*hūbōnǫ̂
dative	*hūbōni	*hūbōmaz
instrumental	*hūbōnē	*hūbōmiz

Related terms

• *hūbaz
• *hūbilaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hūbā
  • Old English: hūfe
    • Middle English: houve, houe, houfe, houffe, houwe, howe, howfe, howve, huve (Early Middle English)
      • Scots: how, hou
  • Old Frisian: hūve, houwe
    • North Frisian: huw, höw
  • Old Saxon: hūva
    • Middle Low German: hûve
      • German Low German: Huve, Huuv
  • Old Dutch: *hūva
    • Middle Dutch: hūve
      • Dutch: huif
  • Old High German: hūba
    • Middle High German: hūbe, hoube
      • German: Haube
      • Luxembourgish: Hauf
      • Rhine Franconian: Haub
  • → Old French: huve
    • Middle French: huve, hobe (latter also considered a new borrowing from MHG)
      • ⇒ French: aubette
• Old Norse: húfa
  • Icelandic: húfa
  • Faroese: húgva
  • Norwegian: hue, huve
  • Old Swedish: hūva
    • Swedish: huva
  • Danish: hue