Hooch

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Hok (younger variant, influenced by Standard German)
  • Hoke (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From an Old High German *hāhho (perhaps attested as hācho, but ch is here more probably a spelling for k), from Proto-Germanic *hēkô, which also underlies in Limburgish haok. The Germanic word, which is possibly of substrate origin, has at least three stem variants: *hak-, *hēk-, *hēgg-. From the last is German Haken and the forms with k above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔːx/

Noun

Hooch m (plural Hööch or Hääch)

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian, archaic in some dialects) hook
    Synonym: Kramp
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