Huwwel

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German *huvel, variant of hovel, hobel, hubel, from Old High German hovil, huobil, perhaps originally from Old Saxon, from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”), see also Proto-Germanic *hupiz (“hip”), *hufą (“elevated place, hill”).[1]

Compare German Hobel for more. Also related with Luxembourgish Hiwwel (“hill”), Dutch heuvel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuvel/, [ˈhuvəl]

Noun

Huwwel m (plural Huwwelen)

  1. plane (tool)

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “588-92”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 588-92
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