hoofd-

Betekenis (Engels)

main, head, chief, principal

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɦoːft/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle Dutch hôvet-, from Old Dutch hōvit-, from Proto-West Germanic *haubida- (“main”), derived from the noun *haubid (“head”) (whence Dutch hoofd). Cognate with German haupt- and Old English hēafod-.

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