Where does “haka” come from?

haka (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse haka, from Proto-Germanic hakǭ — hook.

haka (Icelandic): chin; to pick with a pickaxe; to mark with a...

Definitions

  1. chin; to pick with a pickaxe; to mark with a...

Ancestry of “haka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehakachin
2Proto-Germanichakǭhook

Words derived from “haka”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hakǭ →Every word from Old Norse haka →