Where does “Fleischhacker” come from?

Fleischhacker (German) comes from German Hacker, from English hacker, 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...

Fleischhacker (German): butcher

Definitions

  1. butcher

Ancestry of “Fleischhacker”, step by step

Fleischhacker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hacker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHackerparticularly a worker who loosens the soil on a vineyard
2EnglishhackerOne who is expert at programming and solving...
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 German fleisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfleischflesh
2Germanschweinswine, pig
3Middle High Germanswinswine, pig
4Old High Germanswīnswine, pig
5Proto-West Germanicswīnpig, swine
6Proto-Germanicswīnąswine, pig
7Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-pig, hog, swine
8Proto-Indo-EuropeansewH-to bear; to give birth
9Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
Every word from Ancient Greek σάκκος