Heck.
stern (of a ship)
Meaning & usage
stern (of a ship)
tail (of an aeroplane)
back (of a car)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Low German heck (“wooden fencing”), from Old Saxon *hekki, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju. The sense “back of a ship” because the position of the helmsman in the stern was enclosed by such a fence. Cognate to Dutch hek, English hatch.
a surname
Where this word comes from
From Middle Low German heck (“wooden fencing”), from Old Saxon *hekki, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju. The sense “back of a ship” because the position of the helmsman in the stern was enclosed by such a fence. Cognate to Dutch hek, English hatch.
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