English
hayfork
From hay + fork.
Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- ‘to beat, hew, forge’
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Proto-Germanic *hawją
Proto-West Germanic *hawi
Old English hīeġ
Middle English hey
English hay
Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stake’
Proto-West Germanic *furkō
Old English force ‘forked instrument used to torture’
Middle English forke ‘digging fork’
English fork
Today it means
noun A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hayfork