Where does “hackeysack” come from?
hackeysack (English) comes from English hacky, from English hack, from Yiddish האַק, from Middle High German hacke, from Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic hakkōną — peg; hook.
hackeysack (English): A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or...
Definitions
- A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or...
Ancestry of “hackeysack”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hacky | Like a hack; amateurish; Filthy or totally dirty;... |
| 2 | English | hack | To chop or cut down in a rough manner; To cough... |
| 3 | Yiddish | האַק | axe; inflection of האַקן :
## first-person... |
| 4 | Middle High German | hacke | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | hacken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | hacchōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hakkōn | to hack, to chop |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hakkōną | To hack; chop; To hoe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keg- | peg; hook |
Words derived from “hackeysack”