Etymograph

English

Hogg

Hogg comes from Old English hogg ‘hog’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150hogg‘hog’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021Hogg

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150hogg‘hog’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021Hogg

Earliest quotation: 2021, Chandelis Duster: “Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg called on Republican House…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- ‘to beat, hew, forge’

code, coward, 6 more

through Proto-Germanic *hawwaną ‘to hew, forge’

hay, hoe, hew, hoy, 2 more

through Old Norse hǫggva ‘to strike, chop, cut’

hag, hog, haggis

Today it means

name A surname from Old English.

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

Etymograph / Old English hogg / Hogg

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