English
Hawesville
From Hawes + -ville, after landowner Richard Hawes Sr.
Formed from Hawes + -ville
Proto-Indo-European *kólsos ‘neck’
Proto-Germanic *halsaz ‘neck, throat’
Old Norse hals ‘neck’
English Hawes
Today it means
name A minor city, the county seat of Hancock County, Kentucky, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawesville