Where does “hake” come from?

Hake comes from Old English hæca, which derives from Proto-Indo-European keg-, a root of uncertain ultimate origin and meaning.

hake (English): A hook; a pot-hook; A kind of weapon; a pike; The...

Definitions

  1. A hook; a pot-hook; A kind of weapon; a pike; The...

Ancestry of “hake”, step by step

hake traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Haag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchHaaga hedge, thicket of woody bushes planted in a row
2Middle Dutchhāgehedge, bush
3Old Dutchhago—
4Proto-West Germanichagōenclosure, yard; pasture
5Proto-Germanic*hagô—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰ-to take, seize

via Yiddish האַק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishהאַקaxe
2Middle High Germanhacke—
3Middle High Germanhacken—
4Old High Germanhacchōn—
5Proto-West Germanichakkōnto hack, to chop
6Proto-GermanichakkōnąTo hack; chop; To hoe
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

via Middle English hake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhakehake gadoid fish
2EnglishhakedThe pike; simple past tense and past participle...
3Middle Englishhaked—
4Old Englishhæcedpike, mullet
5Proto-Germanichakidazpike
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeng-peg, hook; peg; hook; be pointed; hook, peg

Words derived from “hake”

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