huckster

From Middle English hukster, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, from Middle Low German höken (“to peddle”) or Middle Dutch hokester, itself from hoeken (“to peddle, bend, bear on the back”), all from Proto-Germanic huk-, probably related to hūkan- (“to squat”), from hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European kuk-néh₂, from kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high). Compare hawkster. By surface analysis, huck + -ster.