heuvel

From Middle Dutch hoevel, huevel, hovel, huffel, from Old Dutch huvil, 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]

Cognate with Middle Low German hovel, Old High German hubil, Middle High German hübel, dialectal German Hübel, Luxembourgish Hiwwel. More distantly related to Old Saxon hobar, Old High German hovar, Old English hovar as well as Old English hȳf (modern English hive).

Potential wider cognates include Lithuanian kupra, kupstas, kaupas, Polish kupa.

Compare heup.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦøː.vəl/

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• Hyphenation: heu‧vel
• Rhymes: -øːvəl
• Homophone: Heuvel

heuvel m (plural heuvels, diminutive heuveltje n)

1. hill

   Synonyms: hoogte, verhevenheid

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• Afrikaans: heuwel