Where does “rhotic hook” come from?
rhotic hook (English) comes from English hook, from Swedish hök, from Old Swedish høker, from Middle Low German hȫker, from Old High German huchan, from Proto-Germanic *hūkan-, from Proto-Germanic *hūkkan-, from Proto-Germanic *huk(k)ōn- — flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten.
rhotic hook (English): a diacritical mark used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to convey rhotacism
Definitions
- a diacritical mark used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to convey rhotacism
Ancestry of “rhotic hook”, step by step
rhotic hook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hook
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via English rhotic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rhotic | That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not... |
| 2 | English | rhotacism | An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R;... |
| 3 | New Latin | rhotacismus | excessive or peculiar use of {{IPAchar|}},... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῥωτακισμός | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ῥωτακίζω | to incorrectly use rho |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῥῶ | rho, the name for the seventeenth letter Ρ, ρ of... |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤓 | — |