köken: Alteration of Hamach, Hamaco, which is borrowed, probably via earlier Dutch hamak, from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka. See English hammock for more. The Spanish form was reinterpreted as “hang-matt” by popular etymology both in German and in Dutch (see hangmat, also attested as hangmak). The modern German word is thus analysable as a compound of hängen + Matte. Such an adapted form is…
köken: From Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka, which changed to ham(m)ak and then, via hangmak, to hangmat, literally “hanging mat”. Modified by influence of hangen (“to hang”) + mat (“mat”). This development is a case of popular etymology. The first attestation of such an adapted form is in a German text; it is nevertheless believed that the German form is indeed borrowed from Dutch. See Hängematte…
hammock (swinging couch or bed of canvas or net, suspended at the ends)
çekim: çoğul riippumatot · tamlayan riippumaton
köken: Calque of Swedish hängmatta or German Hängematte, ultimately from Taíno *hamaka through folk etymology (see Hängematte for more). Structurally, riippu- (“hanging”) + matto (“mat”).
Borrowed from Dutch hangmat, by folk etymology reinterpreted as hänga (“hang”) + matta (“rug”). Ultimately derived from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno amaca, *hamaka. Compare origin of French hamac and German Hängematte. First attested in 1679. Doublet of hammock (“hammock; canopy swing”).