English

make-hawk

From make (“companion, peer”) + hawk.

A compound of make ‘companion, peer’ + hawk

Proto-Germanic *makaz ‘fit, suitable, agreeable’

Proto-West Germanic *mak ‘fit, suitable’

Proto-West Germanic *makōn ‘to make suitable; to build, make’

Old English macian ‘to make, build, work’

Middle English maken

English make

Middle English hauk

English hawk

Today it means

noun A trained and seasoned hawk flown with young birds to teach them to take the quarry.

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

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