hófr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *hōfaz. Non-Germanic cognates include Russian копыто (kopyto) and Sanskrit शप्ह (śapha).
Noun
hófr m
- hoof
Descendants
- Danish: hov
- Faroese: hógvur, hóvur
- Icelandic: hófur
- Norwegian: hov
- Swedish: hov