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hake

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Noun — A hook, especially one used for hanging a pot.

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Etymology

Came into English via Middle English *hake, from Old English hæca, haca (“hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook”). It is related to hook, and cognate with Dutch haak (“hook”), German Haken (“hook”), Danis...

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