Where does “Hanks” come from?
Hanks is an English word of unknown origin whose etymology cannot be reliably traced to earlier languages.
Ancestry of “Hanks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Hank | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hakô | hook |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | keg- | peg; hook |