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English word hawk comes from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (Enclosure, hedge.), Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyo-

*kagʰyóm (Proto-Indo-European)

Enclosure, hedge.

*kagʰyo- (Proto-Indo-European)

*hagjō (Proto-Germanic)

Hedge.

*hakjō (Proto-Germanic)

Hatch, fence.

hæċ (Old English)

hæc (Old English)

A gate. A hatch (door).

hache (Middle English)

hawk (English)

A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

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