Where does “Hackbraten” come from?
Hackbraten (German) comes from German Hack, from German Hackfleisch, from German hacken, from English hack, from English hackysack, from English hackeysack, from English sack, from Middle English sak — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...
Hackbraten (German): meatloaf
Definitions
- meatloaf
Ancestry of “Hackbraten”, step by step
Hackbraten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Hack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hack | minced meat, ground meat |
| 2 | German | Hackfleisch | minced meat; the victim of a beating or a harsh... |
| 3 | German | hacken | to chop, to hack; to be choppy, to not work... |
| 4 | English | hack | To chop or cut down in a rough manner; To cough... |
| 5 | English | hackysack | Alternative form of hackeysack |
| 6 | English | hackeysack | A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or... |
| 7 | English | sack | A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse... |
| 8 | Middle English | sak | bag, sackcloth |
| 9 | Old English | sacc | sack, bag |
| 10 | Old English | sæcc | battle, strife, fighting |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | sakku | sack, bag |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | sakkuz | sack, bag, purse |
| 13 | Latin | saccus | sack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | σάκκος | sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential... |