høker

Danish

Etymology

From 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).

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

• IPA^(key): /høːˀkər/, [ˈhøˀɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

høker c (singular definite høkeren, plural indefinite høkere)

1. (historical) peddler (itinerant merchant)

Declension

Declension of høker

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	høker	høkeren	høkere	høkerne
genitive	høkers	høkerens	høkeres	høkernes

Derived terms

• høkre
• spækhøker

References

• “høker” in Den Danske Ordbog

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse haukr, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz.

Noun

hø̄ker m

1. hawk

Declension

  Declension of høker (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hø̄ker	hø̄krin	hø̄kar	hø̄kanir, hø̄kaner
accusative	hø̄k	hø̄kin	hø̄ka	hø̄kana
dative	hø̄ki, hø̄ke	hø̄kinum, hø̄kenom	hø̄kum, hø̄kom	hø̄kumin, hø̄komen
genitive	hø̄ks	hø̄ksins	hø̄ka	hø̄kanna

Descendants

• Swedish: hök