hake
English
/heɪk/
noun
Definitions
- (Now) A hook; a pot-hook.
- (Now) A kind of weapon; a pike.
- (Now) (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *hake inherited from Old English hæca inherited from Proto-Germanic *hakô (hook) derived from Proto-Indo-European *keg-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*keg-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hakelike English
- háček English
- háčekless English
- Angelhaken German
- Bootshaken German
- Enterhaken German
- Fensterhaken German
- Fischhaken German
- Haken German
- Hakenkreuz German
- Hungerhaken German
- Häkchen German
- Karabinerhaken German
- Kleiderhaken German
- Kunststoffhaken German
- Türhaken German
- archibugio Italian
- bijbelhaak Dutch, Flemish
- haak Dutch, Flemish
- haakbus Dutch, Flemish
- haaksnavel Dutch, Flemish
- haakvormig Dutch, Flemish
- haken Dutch, Flemish
- hakenkruis Dutch, Flemish
- weerhaak Dutch, Flemish
- windhaak Dutch, Flemish
- winkelhaak Dutch, Flemish
- гак Russian
- ко́готь Russian
- коготок Russian
- когтище Russian
- хек Russian
- *keg- Proto-Indo-European
- *keg-, *keng- Proto-Indo-European
- *hakkōną Proto-Germanic
- *hakudaz Proto-Germanic
- *hakô Proto-Germanic
- blåhake Swedish
- hake Swedish
- hakkors Swedish
- hakparentes Swedish
- rödhake Swedish
- ハーケン Japanese
- hæca Old English
- *hake Middle English
- haka Old Norse
- haki Old Norse
- hage Danish
- háček Czech
- hakakross Icelandic
- haki Icelandic
- hāke Middle Dutch
- hako Old High German
- hāggo, hāko, hācko Old High German
- hāko Old High German
- hāke Middle High German
- *hako Old Dutch
- hako Old Saxon
- haki Old Swedish
- hāka Old Frisian
- aka Sranan Tongo