In our latitudes it is often the opinion of the word hammock comes from the word and hang mat. This is technically incorrect. The word from the word komt hamáka (Caribbean, Creole) or hamaca (Spanish). Only the Dutch have the word "hangmat" changed, with the spread the word then found its way into the German and was hamaca Mayan hammock was called.

A wonderful list of all possible translations of the word hammock is one outlet in hammocks.