Where does “Kleiderhaken” come from?
Kleiderhaken (German) comes from German hāken, from Middle High German hāke, from Old High German hāko, from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic hakô, from Proto-Indo-European keg- — peg; hook.
Kleiderhaken (German): coat peg, coathook, clothes hook
Definitions
- coat peg, coathook, clothes hook
Ancestry of “Kleiderhaken”, step by step
Kleiderhaken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German hāken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hāken | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | hāke | — |
| 3 | Old High German | hāko | hook |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hakō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hakô | hook |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | keg- | peg; hook |
via German Kleider
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kleider | plural of Kleid; clothes |