ķeksis

Etymology
Cognates include 🇨🇬,. There are similar words in neighboring non-Baltic languages: 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, which led many researchers to conclude that the Latvian term was borrowed. But it is also possible that the other languages borrowed from Baltic; in which case might continue Proto-Indo-European  with an additional -s (compare 🇨🇬); compare Latvian dialectal terms, , ,.

Noun

 * 1) pole with a hook; cant hook; boathook
 * 2) a checkmark; tick.