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Etymology · Proto-Indo-European

*keg-

4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, most common first.

hackerSomeone who hacks.
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.
hachereaua cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge