Where does “hackishness” come from?

hackishness (English) comes from English hackish, from English hack, from English hackysack, from English hackeysack, from English sack, from Middle English sak, from Old English sacc, from Old English sæcc — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

hackishness (English): Quality of being hackish

Definitions

  1. Quality of being hackish

Ancestry of “hackishness”, step by step

hackishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hackish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhackishCharacteristic of hacks, or inferior writers;...
2EnglishhackTo chop or cut down in a rough manner; To cough...
3EnglishhackysackAlternative form of hackeysack
4EnglishhackeysackA non-competition sport in which a small sack, or...
5EnglishsackA bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse...
6Middle Englishsakbag, sackcloth
7Old Englishsaccsack, bag
8Old Englishsæccbattle, strife, fighting
9Proto-West Germanicsakkusack, bag
10Proto-Germanicsakkuzsack, bag, purse
11Latinsaccussack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of...
12Ancient Greekσάκκοςsack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Ancient Greek σάκκος