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Where does “hache” come from?

hache (French) comes from Middle French hache, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European kop- — to dig; to strike, to beat.

hache (French): axe; inflection of hacher: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. axe; inflection of hacher: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “hache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhacheaxe
2Old Frenchhacheaxe
3Vulgar Latin*happia—
4Frankishhappjaaxe, hatchet
5Proto-Germanic*hapjǭ—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat

Words derived from “hache”

  • quebracho
  • quebrachitol
  • quebrachine
  • hacha
  • hachazo
  • hachote
  • quebracho
  • accetta
  • azza
  • hachette
  • archote
  • quebracho
  • acha
  • acha
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kop- →