"húka" meaning in Old Norse

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Verb

Etymology: 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). Related to Middle Low German hûken, Old High German hūchan (> German hocken), Dutch huiken. Also compare English hook. Etymology templates: {{der|non|gem-pro|*hūkan-|t=to squat}} Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), {{der|non|ine-pro|*kuk-néh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, {{cog|en|high}} English high, {{cog|gml|hûken}} Middle Low German hûken, {{cog|goh|hūchan}} Old High German hūchan, {{cog|de|hocken}} German hocken, {{cog|nl|huiken}} Dutch huiken, {{cog|en|hook}} English hook Head templates: {{head|non|verb||{{{1}}}||{{{spast2}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{ppast2}}}||{{{ppast3}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{pp2}}}|head=|tr=}} húka, {{non-verb}} húka
  1. to squat Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers
    Sense id: en-húka-non-verb--U2E5LkF Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries
     
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      "text": "Norwegian (Bokmål): huke"
    },
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      "text": "Norwegian (Nynorsk): huka, huke"
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