hökare

Swedish

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).

Compare Danish høker, German Höker, English hawker. According to SO attested since 1640.

Noun

hökare c

1. hawker (peddler, huckster)

Declension

Declension of hökare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hökare	hökares
	definite	hökaren	hökarens
plural	indefinite	hökare	hökares
	definite	hökarna	hökarnas

Derived terms

• hökarebod
• hökarehandel
• hökarehustru
• hökaremössa
• hökareskrå
• hökaresocitet
• hökarevara
• hökareved
• hökarevikt
• hökareänka

References

• hökare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hökare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)