English

hookmaker

From hook + maker.

A compound of hook + maker

Proto-Germanic *hōkaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōk

Old English hōc ‘hook’

Middle English hoke

English hook

Old English macian ‘to perform or carry out (a miracle)’

Middle English maken ‘to make or create’

Middle English maker ‘God as creator of all’

English maker

Today it means

noun A manufacturer of hooks.

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

Etymograph / hookmaker