Where does “Hook” come from?
Hook (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German hôk, from Old Saxon hōk, from Proto-West Germanic hōk, from Proto-Germanic hōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European kog-.
Hook (German Low German): corner; angle; tip of land; headland; point;...
Definitions
- corner; angle; tip of land; headland; point;...
Ancestry of “Hook”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | hôk | corner, angle |
| 2 | Old Saxon | hōk | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hōk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hōkaz | hook |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kog- | — |