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).[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

  • 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

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hukan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

hø̄ker m

  1. hawk

Declension

Declension of hø̄ker (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
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