hoe
English
/həʊ/, /hoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
- The horned or piked dogfish.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English howe derived from houe derived from Frankish *hauwā (mattock, hoe), *hauwan (chop, hew) derived from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (hew, forge, cut).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hawwaną
Gloss
hew, forge, cut
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- backhoe English
- bag English
- cake English
- down English
- hoebag English
- hoecake English
- hoedown English
- hoelike English
- hoer English
- rake English
- rakehoe English
- *kewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kowH- Proto-Indo-European
- *hawwaną Proto-Germanic
- heawan Old English
- hēawan Old English
- hōh Old English
- howe Middle English
- hǫggva Old Norse
- hoe Old French
- houe Old French
- houwan Old High German
- houette Norman
- houwan Old Dutch
- hauwan Old Saxon
- heuch Scots
- *hauwan Frankish
- *hauwā Frankish
- hāwa Old Frisian
- houe xno