Where does “huck” come from?

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

huck (English): To throw or chuck; To throw oneself off a large...

Definitions

  1. To throw or chuck; To throw oneself off a large...

Ancestry of “huck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhokehook
2Old Englishhōchook
3Proto-West Germanichōk—
4Proto-Germanichōkazhook
5Proto-Indo-Europeankog-—

Words derived from “huck”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hōk →