Where does “hashi” come from?
hashi (Greenlandic) comes from Danish hash, from English hash, from French hacher, from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja — to dig; to strike, to beat.
hashi (Greenlandic): hash
Ancestry of “hashi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | hash | hash, hashish Not used anymore to denote dried... |
| 2 | English | hash | Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and... |
| 3 | French | hacher | to chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut... |
| 4 | Middle French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 5 | Old French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 6 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 8 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |