An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Hobel

by Friedrich Kluge

Hobel (dialectic Hofel), masculine, ‘plane,’ rom the equivalent Middle High German (rare) hobel, hovel, masculine; compare Middle Low German hövel, Swedish hyfvel. Modern Icelandic hefill, masculine, ‘plane,’ proves nothing for the wrongly assumed connection with heben. Its relation to Old High German hovar, Anglo-Saxon hofer, ‘hump, boss,’ is also dubious.