Where does “ofkă” come from?

ofkă (Polabian) comes from Old Saxon havuk, from Proto-Germanic habukaz, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

ofkă (Polabian): hawk

Definitions

  1. hawk

Ancestry of “ofkă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonhavuk—
2Proto-Germanichabukazhawk
3Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Germanic habukaz →Every word from Old Saxon havuk →