Where does “hake” come from?

hake (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakata, from Proto-Finnic hak'at'ak.

hake (Finnish): woodchips as mass, e.g. when used as fuel

Definitions

  1. woodchips as mass, e.g. when used as fuel

Ancestry of “hake”, step by step

hake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hakata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakatato hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a...
2Proto-Finnichak'at'ak

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “hake

Every word from Proto-Finnic hak'at'akEvery word from Finnish hakata