Where does “hake” come from?

hake (Middle English) comes from English haked, from Middle English haked, from Old English hæced, from Proto-Germanic hakidaz, from Proto-Indo-European keg- — peg; hook.

hake (Middle English): hake gadoid fish

Definitions

  1. hake gadoid fish

Ancestry of “hake”, step by step

hake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English haked

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhakedThe pike; simple past tense and past participle...
2Middle Englishhaked—
3Old Englishhæcedpike, mullet
4Proto-Germanichakidazpike
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

via Old English hæca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhæca—
2Proto-West Germanic*hakō—
3Proto-Germanichakôhook

Words derived from “hake”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hakidaz →Every word from Old English hæced →