Where does “kuhhackig” come from?

kuhhackig (German) comes from German hacke, from Middle High German hacke, from Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic hakkōną, from Proto-Indo-European keg- — peg; hook.

kuhhackig (German): cow-hocked

Definitions

  1. cow-hocked

Ancestry of “kuhhackig”, step by step

kuhhackig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German hacke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhackevery drunk; inflection of hacken: ## first-person...
2Middle High Germanhacke—
3Middle High Germanhacken—
4Old High Germanhacchōn—
5Proto-West Germanichakkōnto hack, to chop
6Proto-GermanichakkōnąTo hack; chop; To hoe
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

via German Kuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKuhcow
2Middle High Germankuocow
3Old High Germankuocow
4Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
5Proto-Germanic*kōzcow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg- →