hook

hook · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kog-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hōkaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hōk
4. Old English · inherited fromhōc“angle, point, hook”
5. Middle English · inherited fromhoke
6. English todayhook

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (“angle, point, hook”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Cognates Cognate with Scots huke, huik (“hook”), West Frisian and Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk, German Hook (“small cluster of farms”), Faroese høkja (“crutch”), Icelandic hækja (“crutch”), Norn hek (“crutch”), Finnish kuokka (“hoe, mattock”). Related to hake.

Hook · proper noun, noun²

* As an English surname, from the noun hook. * As a Swedish surname, from hök (“hawk”). * As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Hoek; compare Vanhook.

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