Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “keg-”
400 words across 70 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European keg- — including hook, hooks, hooked, hack, hash, hacking, hacker, hooker.
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English (147)
- hook
- hooks
- hooked
- hack
- hash
- hacking
- hacker
- hooker
- chang
- Windhoek
- haggle
- rehash
- hookworm
- hake
- unhook
- hokey
- hacksaw
- haggis
- hackman
- boathook
- carabiner
- quebracho
- higgler
- hackwork
- higgle
- buttonhook
- skyhook
- hackery
- hacky
- hachure
- haggler
- hasher
- hooklike
- hoke
- kaji
- pothook
- tailhook
- hackable
- hookless
- sheephook
- hackie
- hooknose
- eyehook
- hackerdom
- hookset
- arquebusade
- hooklet
- tenterhook
- hashy
- rehook
- hackysack
- hookkeeper
- hackish
- antihacking
- fleshhook
- quebrachitol
- hackee
- unhackable
- unhash
- hackability
- bullhook
- hashable
- hackingly
- hokeyness
- hackdom
- hackster
- hookbill
- hookable
- hackette
- hashkey
- coathook
- switchhook
- hashhouse
- hashlike
- unhookable
- baithook
- breasthook
- quebrachine
- antihacker
- hooketh
- nuthook
- hackerish
- shithook
- microhook
- hookman
- nonhacker
- shavehook
- hookswitch
- hashhead
- rehasher
- hookedness
- hookerish
- hookthorn
- hackerproof
- hackproof
- firehook
- forehook
- grapplehook
- lifehack
- hookgun
- butthook
- hackily
- lifehacking
- hashtag
- wallhacking
- wallhack
- wallhacker
- hakelike
- hash brownie
- biohacker
- biohacking
- hashpipe
- dehook
- pre-hook
- hackathon
- hashbang
- wolf hook
- cyberhacker
- cyberhacking
- háčky
- hackishly
- hax0r
- háček
- háčekless
- unhashable
- hackerspace
- maphack
- hooktop
- hookest
- hooksian
- boothook
- letterhack
- hackspace
- apahack
- hackishness
- nuthacker
- megahack
- lifehacker
- bodyhacking
- geohash
- hackfest
- hackday
- hook maneuver
- Hackgate
- hackers
- hackeysack
- haked