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Where does “happja” come from?

happja (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European kop- — to dig; to strike, to beat.

happja (Frankish): axe, hatchet

Definitions

  1. axe, hatchet

Ancestry of “happja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hapjǭ—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat

Words derived from “happja”

  • hatch
  • hash
  • hatchet
  • hatchway
  • hatchery
  • rehash
  • hatchling
  • hatchback
  • hatchability
  • crosshatch
  • quebracho
  • hatcher
  • forehatch
  • hachure
  • hasher
  • posthatch
  • hatchetfish
  • hatcheth
  • hatchetfaced
  • hatchable
  • hatchwork
  • hashy
  • hatchest
  • quebrachitol
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