Where does “hooks” come from?
Hooks comes from Middle English hoke, Old English hōc, and Proto-Germanic hōkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European keg-.
hooks (English): plural of hook; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of hook; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “hooks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hook | A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with... |
| 2 | Swedish | hök | a hawk; a hawk; proponent of aggressive politics |
| 3 | Old Swedish | høker | hawk |
| 4 | Middle Low German | hȫker | peddler |
| 5 | Old High German | huchan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hūkan- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *hūkkan- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *huk(k)ōn- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *kuk-néh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewk- | flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten |
Words derived from “hooks”