Etymograph

English

hake

Hake comes from Middle English *hake ‘hake (gadoid fish)’, from Old English hæca ‘hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hakô.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hakô‘hook’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hakōreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hæca‘hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*hake‘hake (gadoid fish)’reconstructed
  5. Englishtodayhake

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hakô‘hook’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hakōreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hæca‘hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*hake‘hake (gadoid fish)’reconstructed
  5. Englishtodayhake

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *keg-

hack, hatch, hock, haggle, 7 more

through Proto-Germanic *hakô ‘hook’

hook, 2 more

Another origin of hake

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hake‘hake (gadoid fish)’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

From Middle English hake, probably a shortened form (due to North Germanic influence) of English dialectal haked (‘pike’).

Today it means

noun A hook; a pot-hook.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hakô / hake

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