Etymology

meak

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Today it means: A hook with a long handle; scythe. Full definition →

Middle English meeke ← Old Norse mækir ← Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*mēkijaz
  2. Old Norse · derived frommækir“sword”
  3. Middle English · inherited frommeeke
  4. English todaymeak

From Middle English meeke, probably from Old Norse mækir (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Cognate with Icelandic mækir, Old English mēċe.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.