hake

Meaning

1. A hook; a pot-hook.
2. A kind of weapon; a pike.
3. (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.

Synonyms

European hake

coley

haddock

kingfish

ling

pollack

COD

Cornish salmon

common gemfish

deepsea kingfish

white hake

king barracouta

king barracuda

king couta

coalfish

Merlucius

Translations

merluza

nasello

lluç

Seehecht

colin

merlu

heek

barlam

merluza

Hechtdorsch

merlus

είδος γάδου

merluzzo

merluche blanche

Pronounced as (IPA)

/heɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *hake

Inherited from Old English: hæca

Cognate with Dutch: haak

Cognate with German: Haken

Cognate with Danish: hage

Cognate with Swedish: hake

Cognate with Icelandic: haki

Cognate with Middle Irish: ailchaing

Cognate with Lithuanian: kéngė

Cognate with Russian: ко́готь

Cognate with Norwegian: hakefisk

Cognate with Middle Low German: haken

Cognate with Dutch: en

In summary

From 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”). Related to hook.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch haak (“hook”), German Haken (“hook”), Danish hage (“hook”), Swedish hake (“hook”), Icelandic haki (“hook”), Hittite [Term?] (/⁠kagas⁠/, “tooth”), Middle Irish chaing (“weapons rack”), Lithuanian kéngė (“hook, latch”), Russian ко́готь (kógotʹ, “claw”).