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 hawker (peddler, huckster) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “hökare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “hökare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)