hovel

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kewp-“arch, bend, buckle”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hufą“hill, farm”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*hof
4. Old English · derived fromhof“an enclosure, court, dwelling, house”
5. Middle English · inherited fromhovel
6. English todayhovel

From Middle English hovel, hovil, hovylle, diminutive of *hove, *hof (“structure, building, house”), from Old English hof (“an enclosure, court, dwelling, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“arch, bend, buckle”), equivalent to howf + -el. Compare Middle High German hobel (“cover, lid, covered wagon”). Cognate with Dutch hof (“garden, court”), German Hof (“yard, garden, court, palace”), Icelandic hof (“temple, hall”). Related to hove and hover.

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