Etymograph

English

hattock

Hattock comes from Old Norse hǫttr ‘cowl or covering’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hattuz ‘hat’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hattuz‘hat’reconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350hǫttr‘cowl or covering’
  3. Englishtodayhattock

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hattuz‘hat’reconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350hǫttr‘cowl or covering’
  3. Englishtodayhattock

Formed from -ock ‘diminutive suffix’

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- ‘to guard, cover, protect, care for’

hood, hut, heed, 2 more

through Proto-Germanic *hattuz ‘hat’

hat

Today it means

noun A shock of standing sheaves of corn or grain, the tops of which are covered and protected by two sheaves laid in such a way as to carry off rain; the two covering sheaves, also called hood sheaves or hooders.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hattuz / hattock

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