Hooch

Central Franconian Alternative forms gmw-cfr Hok younger variant, influenced by Standard German gmw-cfr Hoke southern Moselle Franconian Etymology From an gmw-cfr goh *hāhho (perhaps attested as goh hācho, but ch is here more probably a spelling for k), from gmw-cfr gem-pro *hēkô, which also underlies in li haok. The Germanic word, which is possibly of substrate origin, has at least three stem variants: gem-pro *hakô *hak-, gem-pro *hēk-, *hēgg-. From the last is de Haken and the forms with k above. Pronunciation gmw-cfr /hɔːx/ Noun gmw-cfr noun m plural Hööch or Hääch gmw-cfr Ripuarian northern _ Moselle Franconian archaic _ in some dialects hook gmw-cfr Kramp