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Etymology · Proto-Germanic

*hakô

3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *hakô, most common first.

hankA coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
hakeA hook; a pot-hook.
háčekA caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling an apostrophe (’) instead.