Haw Definition
A topographic and patronymic surname.
A river in the US state of North Carolina.
Origin of Haw
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Middle English hawe, from Old English haga (“enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Germanic *hagô (compare West Frisian haach, Dutch haag, German Hag (“hedged farmland”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaghon (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”), Latin caulae (“sheepfold, enclosure”), cohum (“strap between plowbeam and yoke”), Russian кош (koš, “tent”), кошара (košára, “sheepfold”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣa, “curtain wall”), from *kaghe/o 'to catch, grasp' (compare Welsh cau (“to clasp”), Oscan kahad (“may he seize”), Albanian kam, ke (“to have, hold”)).
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From Old English haga (“enclosure”). Also a Middle English back-formation from Hawkin, a diminutive of Harry or of a given name meaning "a hawk".
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Middle English from Old English haga
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown
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Imitative
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Uncertain.
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Imitative
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Unknown
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