HAKE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod
Categories: Fish
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
any of several marine food fishes related to cod
Categories: Gadoid, Gadoid fish
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "hake" comes from Middle English hake. It started in Proto-Indo-European *keg-. Then it appeared in Proto-Germanic *hakô. Later, people used it in Proto-West Germanic *hakō. After that, it was Old English hæca. Over time, it became Middle English *hake. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Dutch: haak
- German: Haken
- Danish: hage
- Swedish: hake
- Icelandic: haki
- Middle Irish: ailchaing
- Lithuanian: kéngė
- Russian: ко́готь
- Norwegian: hakefisk
- Middle Low German: haken
- Dutch: en
🔗 Related Words
hook – A related word in the same word family.
haked – A related word in the same word family.
haked – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.