English
hakelike
From hake + -like.
Formed from hake + -like
Proto-Germanic *hakô ‘hook’
Proto-West Germanic *hakō
Old English hæca ‘hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar’
Middle English *hake ‘hake (gadoid fish)’
English hake
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a hake (fish).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hakelike