An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hufe

by Friedrich Kluge

Hufe (LG. form), Hube (UpG. form), f., from the equiv. MidHG. huobe, OHG. huoba, f., ‘hide of land’ (about 30 acres), so still in OSax. hóƀa, f. (in E. an independent word is found from the earliest period — AS. hŷd, E. hide). Cognate with Gr. κῆπος, ‘garden’; the common type is kâpos.