hovit

Finnish

Noun

hovit

1. nominative plural of hovi

Anagrams

• vihot

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haubudą.

Noun

hōvit n

1. head
   • Sattos aruit an ruggi unsin, gesattos man ouir hôvit unsa

     You set tribulations on our back, you set men over our heads

Declension

hōvit is only attested in the singular. The inflections given in the chart are the attested forms, but the root hōvit has various spellings. The plural inflections are hypothetical as indicated by the asterisk.

Declension of hovit

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hōvit/hōvid	*hōvit
accusative	hōvit	*hōvit
genitive	hōvidis/-es	*hōvido
dative	hōvide/-a	*hōvidon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hôvet
  • Dutch: hoofd
    • Afrikaans: hoof
    • → Indonesian: hop
    • Negerhollands: hoofd
  • Limburgish: houf-, höjdj- (compounds only)

Further reading

• “hōvit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012