Business name word
Hoof
The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
Pronunciation: /hʊf/, /huːf/
What “Hoof” means
Noun
- The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
- The human foot.
- An ungula.
- The heel of a loaf of bread.
Verb
- To trample with hooves.
- To walk.
- To dance, especially as a professional.
- To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
Where the word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós Proto-Germanic *hōfaz Proto-West Germanic *hōf Old English hōf Middle English hof English hoof Inherited from Middle English hof, houf, houve, hove, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
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