Etymograph

English

hock

Hock comes from German; Wiktionary does not name the German form.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentform not named1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1891hock1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English hock
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1891, 1887, The Model Millionaire: “That night he strolled into the Palette Club about…”.

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentform not namedWiktionary, English hock
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1891hockWiktionary, English hock. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1891, 1887, The Model Millionaire: “That night he strolled into the Palette Club about…”

Another origin of hock

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kenk-‘to feel hunger’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hanhaz‘heel’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hą̄h‘heel’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150hōh‘the heel’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hough
  6. Englishtodayhock

Another origin of hock

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presenthok‘hutch, hovel, jail, pen, doghouse’
  2. Englishtodayhock

Another origin of hock

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keg-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hakkōną‘to hack’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hakkōn‘to hack, chop’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hacchōn
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350hacken
  6. Yiddishmodernהאַקןhakn‘to knock’
  7. Yiddishmodernהאַקhakimperative singular form of האַקן
  8. Englishtodayhock

Today it means

noun A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “hock”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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