English

forehook

From fore- + hook.

Formed from fore- + hook

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

Proto-Germanic *hōkaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōk

Old English hōc ‘hook’

Middle English hoke

English hook

Today it means

noun A breasthook.

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

Etymograph / forehook