høker
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German hȫker (“peddler”), perhaps from Old High German huchan (“to crouch, sit bent forward”), from Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high).[1]
The Low German word was also borrowed to Norwegian høker, Swedish hökare, German Höker, Dutch heuker (dialect) and English hawker. Middle Low German also has the noun hōke (“peddler”) and the verb hōken (“to peddle”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithøker c (singular definite høkeren, plural indefinite høkere)
- (historical) peddler (itinerant merchant)
Declension
editDeclension of høker
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “høker” in Den Danske Ordbog
Old Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse haukr, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz.
Noun
edithø̄ker m
Declension
editDeclension of hø̄ker (strong a-stem)
Descendants
edit- Swedish: hök
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