Where does “shawkagh” come from?

shawkagh (Manx) comes from Manx shawk, from Old Irish sebac, from Old English heafoc, from Proto-Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic habukaz, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

shawkagh (Manx): hawklike; aquiline

Definitions

  1. hawklike; aquiline

Ancestry of “shawkagh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxshawkhawk, falcon
2Old Irishsebachawk
3Old EnglishheafocAlternative form of hafoc; hawk
4Proto-Germanic*habuk—
5Proto-Germanichabukazhawk
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Germanic habukaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *habuk →