homp
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German hump, from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”).
Pronunciation edit
(file) - Hyphenation: homp
Noun edit
homp c (plural hompen, diminutive hompje n)
- gobbet (chunk of food)
References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Derived from English hobbit, coined by Swedish translator and author Tore Zetterholm in 1947.
Noun edit
homp c
Usage notes edit
As homp aroused J. R. R. Tolkien's disapproval the terms hob and hobbit have since been favored instead.