Where does “hocke” come from?
hocke (Middle English) comes from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic hōk, from Proto-Germanic hōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European kog-.
Ancestry of “hocke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | hōc | hook |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | hōk | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hōkaz | hook |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kog- | — |