English

hatpeg

From hat + peg.

A compound of hat + peg

Proto-Germanic *hattuz ‘hat’

Proto-West Germanic *hattu ‘hat’

Old English hætt

Middle English hat ‘a hat or cap’

English hat

Proto-Indo-European *bak- ‘peg, club’

Proto-Germanic *pig-

Old Dutch *pigg-

Middle Dutch pegge ‘pin, peg’

Middle English pegge

English peg

Today it means

noun A peg for hanging a hat.

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