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English word origin

Etymology of hawk

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk Inherited from Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek,

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Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
noun

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle. · Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon. · Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia. · An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk Inherited from Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *kap- (“seize”). Cognate with West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Swedish hök, Danish høg, Norwegian Bokmål hauk, Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur, Finnish haukka, Estonian haugas; also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)).

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Source etymology 1 · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To hunt with a hawk. · To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk Inherited from Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *kap- (“seize”). Cognate with West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Swedish hök, Danish høg, Norwegian Bokmål hauk, Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur, Finnish haukka, Estonian haugas; also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)).

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      "hafoc#Old_English"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habuk"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habukaz"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kopuǵos"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kap-#Proto-Indo-European:_seize"
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      "hauk#West_Frisian"
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      "Haavke",
      "Haavke#Low_German"
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      "havik",
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      "Habicht",
      "Habicht#German"
    ],
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      "hök",
      "hök#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "høg",
      "høg#Danish"
    ],
    [
      "hauk",
      "hauk#Norwegian_Bokmål"
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    [
      "hauk",
      "hauk#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
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      "heykur",
      "heykur#Faroese"
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      "haukur",
      "haukur#Icelandic"
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      "haukka",
      "haukka#Finnish"
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      "haugas",
      "haugas#Estonian"
    ],
    [
      "capys",
      "capys#Latin"
    ],
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      "capus",
      "capus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "gabonjë",
      "gabonjë#Albanian"
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      "shkabë",
      "shkabë#Albanian"
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      "ко́бец",
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Uncertain; perhaps from Middle English hache (“battle-axe”), or from a variant use of the above, for this compare with Russian со́кол (sókol, “falcon, but also a hawk (plaster's tool), mortarboard”).

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  • Inherited-form mentionhacheenm · battle-axe
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
verb

To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Back-formation from hawker.

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
noun

A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

verb

To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat. · To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Probably imitative, like hock (“cough”), hack (“cough”), although see the latter entry for more.

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