haak.
hook
Meaning & usage
hook
bracket (for enclosing text or mathematical symbols)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch hāke, from Old Dutch *hako, from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô.
shoal, sandbank
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch hake, further etymology uncertain. Possibly equal to Etymology 1. A relation to Middle Low German hake (“a unit of area”) has also been proposed, as well as a relation to Middle Dutch haec (“haystack”).
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