Etymograph

English

Hoe

Hoe comes from Old English hōh ‘heel’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kenk- ‘to feel hunger’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kenk-‘to feel hunger’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hanhaz‘heel’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hą̄h‘heel’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150hōh‘heel’
  5. EnglishtodayHoe

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kenk-‘to feel hunger’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hanhaz‘heel’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hą̄h‘heel’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150hōh‘heel’
  5. EnglishtodayHoe

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kenk- ‘to feel hunger’

hungry, hunger

through Proto-Germanic *hanhaz ‘heel’

heel

through Old English hōh ‘heel’

how, hoo, hough, hock, hoe, 1 more

Today it means

name A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF995211).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kenk- / Hoe

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