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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kop- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ →Every word from Frankish happja →