Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "hook" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Cultureshoc(Anglo-Saxon) huok(Old Dutch) hok(Old Frisian) Surname DescendantsHoek, Houk(Dutch) Hooker(English) Hoekstra(Frisian) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 203. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 154.