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Where does “hökare” come from?

hökare (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German hȫker, from Old High German huchan, from Proto-Germanic *hūkan-, from Proto-Germanic *hūkkan-, from Proto-Germanic *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewk- — flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten.

hökare (Swedish): hawker

Definitions

  1. hawker

Ancestry of “hökare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhȫkerpeddler
2Old High Germanhuchan—
3Proto-Germanic*hūkan-—
4Proto-Germanic*hūkkan-—
5Proto-Germanic*huk(k)ōn-—
6Proto-Indo-European*kuk-néh₂—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten
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