*hōkaz

Runic: ᚺᛟᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxɔː.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

hook

From Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (‘peg, hook, claw’).

*hōk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hōk (Frankish)
  - *hōc, huc (Old Dutch)
    - hoec, houc (Middle Dutch)
      - hoek (Dutch)
        
        huk (Danish)
        
        huk (Swedish)
*hōk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hōk (Frankish)
  - hoc (Old French)
    - hoquet (Middle French)
      - hockey (English)
      - hoquet (French)
*hōk (Proto-West Germanic)
- hōc (Old English)
  - hoc, hok, hoke, hooke (Middle English)
    - hook (English)
    - huke, huik, hewk (Scots)
*hōk (Proto-West Germanic)
- hōk (Old Frisian)
  - Houk, Hoake (Saterland Frisian)
  - hoeke, hoek (West Frisian)
*hōk (Proto-West Germanic)
- hōk (Old Saxon)
  - hôk, hûk (Middle Low German)
    - Hook (German)
    - Hook (German Low German)
    - Huk (Low German)
hœkja (Old Norse)
- høkja (Faroese)
- hækja (Icelandic)
- hek (Norn)
- høkje (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- heck, heckle (Scots)
*kookka (Proto-Finnic)
- kook (Estonian)
- kookka (Ingrian)
- kūok (Livonian)
- kuokku (Livvi)
- kuok (Ludian)
- kok (Veps)
- kookkõ (Votic)
- kuuk (Võro)
*kookka (Proto-Finnic)
- kuokka (Finnish)
  - guohkki (Northern Sami)
*kookka (Proto-Finnic)
- ? (Karelian)
  - kuokka (North Karelian)
  - kuokka (South Karelian)