Where does tunhoof come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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tunhoof

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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From Middle English tun-hōve, from Old English tūnhōfe from tūn + hōfe (“ground ivy”).

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