hake

hake · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*keg-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hakô“hook”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hakō
4. Old English · inherited fromhæca
5. Middle English · inherited from*hake
6. English todayhake

From Middle English *hake, from Old English hæca, haca (“hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook”). Related to hook. Cognates Cognate with Dutch haak (“hook”), German Haken (“hook”), Danish hage (“hook”), Swedish hake (“hook”), Icelandic haki (“hook”), Hittite [Term?] (/⁠kagas⁠/, “tooth”), Middle Irish chaing (“weapons rack”), Lithuanian kéngė (“hook, latch”), Russian ко́готь (kógotʹ, “claw”).

hake · noun²

1. Middle English · derived fromhake
2. English todayhake

From Middle English hake, probably a shortened form (due to North Germanic influence) of English dialectal haked (“pike”). Compare Norwegian hakefisk (“trout, salmon”), Middle Low German haken (“kipper”). More at haked.

Hake · proper noun³

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hakô
2. Old Norse · derived fromhaki“hook”
3. English todayHake

* As a North Germanic surname, from Old Norse haki (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô. * As a north German surname, spelling variant of Haack. * As a Dutch and north German surname, from haag (“hedge”). * As a Jewish/Yiddish surname, spelling variant of Hacke, from האַק (hak, “axe”).

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