Where does “haktabulo” come from?

haktabulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto haki, from German hacken, from English hack, from English hackysack, from English hackeysack, from English sack, from Middle English sak, from Old English sacc — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

haktabulo (Esperanto): chopping board, cutting board

Definitions

  1. chopping board, cutting board

Ancestry of “haktabulo”, step by step

haktabulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto haki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantohakito chop, to hew
2Germanhackento chop, to hack; to be choppy, to not work...
3EnglishhackTo chop or cut down in a rough manner; To cough...
4EnglishhackysackAlternative form of hackeysack
5EnglishhackeysackA non-competition sport in which a small sack, or...
6EnglishsackA bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse...
7Middle Englishsakbag, sackcloth
8Old Englishsaccsack, bag
9Old Englishsæccbattle, strife, fighting
10Proto-West Germanicsakkusack, bag
11Proto-Germanicsakkuzsack, bag, purse
12Latinsaccussack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of...
13Ancient Greekσάκκοςsack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

via Esperanto tabulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotabuloboard, plank, tablet
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Ancient Greek σάκκος