Where does “hash” come from?
Hash derives from English hashish, from Arabic حَشِيش, from Frankish happja, from Frankish hakkōn, from Proto-Indo-European kop-, from Proto-Indo-European keg-.
hash (English): Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and...
Definitions
- Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and...
Ancestry of “hash”, step by step
hash traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French hacher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | hacher | to chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut... |
| 2 | Middle French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 3 | Old French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 4 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 6 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |