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hode.

head

4 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhuːdə/
  1. head

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Danish hoved, from Old Danish houæth, from Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą, *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput- (“head”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hovud, Swedish huvud, Icelandic höfuð, English head, Dutch hoofd, German Haupt. The form hode goes back to a pronunciation in 19th-century Copenhagen Danish. Compare the contemporary standard [ˈhoːð̩], which could also stand for *hode.

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