Etymograph

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Huber

Huber comes from German Hube, from Haube ‘hood, bonnet’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- ‘to arch, bend, curve, vault’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewp-‘to arch, bend, curve, vault’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hūbǭ‘a covering for the head’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hūbāreconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hūba
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350hoube
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentHaube‘hood, bonnet’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHube
  8. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHuber
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2021same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewp-‘to arch, bend, curve, vault’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hūbǭ‘a covering for the head’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hūbāreconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hūba
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350hoube
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentHaube‘hood, bonnet’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHube
  8. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHuber
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2021same form

Earliest quotation: 2021, Eric Levenson, Brad Parks: “Anthony Huber, 26, then came at him, struck him…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kewp- ‘to arch, bend, curve, vault’

hoover, cowl, hovel, 3 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kewp- / Huber

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