Where does “Houk” come from?

Houk (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian hōk, from Proto-West Germanic hōk, from Proto-Germanic hōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European kog-.

Houk (Saterland Frisian): corner; nook; angle

Definitions

  1. corner; nook; angle

Ancestry of “Houk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhōk—
2Proto-West Germanichōk—
3Proto-Germanichōkazhook
4Proto-Indo-Europeankog-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hōk →