Where does “Hackordnung” come from?
Hackordnung (German) comes from German hacken, from English hack, from English hackysack, from English hackeysack, from English sack, from Middle English sak, from Old English sacc, from Old English sæcc — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...
Hackordnung (German): pecking order
Definitions
- pecking order
Ancestry of “Hackordnung”, step by step
Hackordnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German hacken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hacken | to chop, to hack; to be choppy, to not work... |
| 2 | English | hack | To chop or cut down in a rough manner; To cough... |
| 3 | English | hackysack | Alternative form of hackeysack |
| 4 | English | hackeysack | A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or... |
| 5 | English | sack | A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse... |
| 6 | Middle English | sak | bag, sackcloth |
| 7 | Old English | sacc | sack, bag |
| 8 | Old English | sæcc | battle, strife, fighting |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | sakku | sack, bag |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | sakkuz | sack, bag, purse |
| 11 | Latin | saccus | sack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σάκκος | sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential... |
via German Ordnung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ordnung | arrangement, regulation; classification, order,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | ordenunge | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ordinunga | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ordinōn | to put in order |
| 5 | Latin | ordino | I arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,... |
| 6 | Latin | ordo | a methodical series, arrangement, or order;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ord-on- | row, order |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |