Pali anka2 (11)
According to Davids and Stede’s Pali-English Dictionary, anka2 is related to Vedic anka, Greek ἀγκών (ankón), ἅγκυρα (ánkyra), Latin uncus (nail), Old High-German angul, and English word angle. It refers to “a hook; the lap (i.e., the bent position) or the hollow above the hips where infants are carried by Hindu mothers or nurses.” It originates from the Tamil root aṅku through the transformation of aṅku > aṅká > anka. The following words, related to Pali anka2, also originate from Tamil aṅku.
anka1, equal to anga; sign, mark, brand. ankakarana, branding. anketi, to mark out, brand. ankita, marked, branded. ankusa, a hook, a pole with a hook, used for plucking fruit off trees, a crook; to drive an elephant, a goad. accankusa, beyond the reach of the goad. ankusa-gayha, (the art) how to grasp and handle an elephant-driver’s hook. ankusa-gaha, an elephant-driver. ankusaka, a crook for plucking fruit; an elephant-driver’s hook. ankusaka-yattha, a crooked stick, alpenstock, staff of an ascetic.