Etymograph

English

hof

Hof comes from German Hof ‘yard, court, courtyard’, from Proto-Germanic *hufą ‘hill, farm’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂wp- ‘to bend, arch, vault’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂wp-‘to bend, arch, vault’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kéh₂wp-osreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hufą‘hill, farm’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hofreconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hof
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentHof‘yard, court, courtyard’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1993hof

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂wp-‘to bend, arch, vault’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kéh₂wp-osreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hufą‘hill, farm’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hofreconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hof
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentHof‘yard, court, courtyard’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1993hof

Earliest quotation: 1993, Trevor William, Jake's Castle: “Ulrike lived in a farm hof, and all around…”

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *hufą ‘hill, farm’

hove, 1 more

through Proto-West Germanic *hof

hovel, 1 more

Another origin of hof

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350hofuncertain
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Another origin of hof

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentHofbräuhaus
  2. Koreanmodern호프hopeu
  3. Englishtodayhof

In English, the spelling has been re-aligned with the Korean term's etymon.

Today it means

noun An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂wp- / hof

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