Where does “hokey” come from?

hokey (English) comes from English hoke, from Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic hōk, from Proto-Germanic hōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European kog-.

hokey (English): phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of...

Definitions

  1. phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of...

Ancestry of “hokey”, step by step

hokey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hoke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhokeAlternative form of hook; To ascribe a false or...
2Middle Englishhokehook
3Old Englishhōchook
4Proto-West Germanichōk—
5Proto-Germanichōkazhook
6Proto-Indo-Europeankog-—

via English hockey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhockeyIce hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...
2Frenchhoquethiccup

Words derived from “hokey”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kog- →
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