háček
English
/ˈhɑːtʃɛk/, [ˈhɑːtʃɛk], [ˈhɑtʃɛk], [ˈhɑətʃɛk], [ˈhaːtʃɛk], [ˈhaːtʃek], [ˈhɐːtʃek], [ˈɦɑːtʃɛk], /ˈhætʃɛk/, [ˈhætʃɛk], [ˈhatʃɛk]
noun
Definitions
- (orthography) A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling a prime (′) instead.
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech háček (hek, little hook) derived from Middle High German hāken derived from Old High German hāko (hook) derived 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
- hake English
- hakelike English
- hook English
- hooklet English
- háčekless English
- Haken German
- Häkchen German
- Nesthäkchen German
- háček French
- гачек Russian
- хек Russian
- *keg- Proto-Indo-European
- *keg-, *keng- Proto-Indo-European
- *hakkōną Proto-Germanic
- *hakudaz Proto-Germanic
- *hakô Proto-Germanic
- hak Polish
- hac Old English
- haca Old English
- hæca Old English
- *hake Middle English
- haki Old Norse
- hák Czech
- háček Czech
- hako Old High German
- hāggo, hāko, hācko Old High German
- hāko Old High German
- hāken Middle High German
- *hako Old Dutch
- гачек Ukrainian
- hako Old Saxon
- hāka Old Frisian
- hȫka Vilamovian