Where does “Hook” come from?

Hook (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): a small cluster of farms, often no more than...

Definitions

  1. a small cluster of farms, often no more than...

Ancestry of “Hook”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhôkcorner, angle
2Old Saxonhōk—
3Proto-West Germanichōk—
4Proto-Germanichōkazhook
5Proto-Indo-Europeankog-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hōk →