Where does “hag do” come from?
hag do (English) comes from English hen do, from English hen, from Middle English hen, from Old English henn, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic hanjō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂n- — to sing.
Ancestry of “hag do”, step by step
hag do traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hen do
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hen do | A hen party |
| 2 | English | hen | A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs |
| 3 | Middle English | hen | hen, chicken; female bird |
| 4 | Old English | henn | hen |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hannju | hen |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hanjō | hen |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂n- | to sing |
via English stag do
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stag do | A stag party |
| 2 | English | stag party | A bachelor party; a party held for a man who is... |