Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hukkōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hukkōną
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*kewk-to elevatekaũkaslumpकुचतिto make crooked*kučatito squat
verbWeak class 2to squat, sit hunched, cowerFrom Pre-Germanic *kuk-néh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (‘to bend, curve, elevate’). The strong verb *hūkaną was likely back-formed from the iterative. Related to Sanskrit कुचति (kucáti, ‘to make crooked’), Lithuanian kaũkas (‘lump’), Proto-Slavic *kukati ~ Proto-Slavic *kučati (‘to squat’).