Where does “haca” come from?

haca (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic hakô, from Proto-Indo-European keg- — peg; hook.

haca (Old English): a hook, a door fastening

Definitions

  1. a hook, a door fastening

Ancestry of “haca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*hakō—
2Proto-Germanichakôhook
3Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hakô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hakō →