Where does “ハッキング” come from?

ハッキング (Japanese) comes from English hacking, from Middle English hackynge, from Middle English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.

ハッキング (Japanese): hacking

Definitions

  1. hacking

Ancestry of “ハッキング”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhackingShort and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky;...
2Middle EnglishhackyngeDicing; the cutting up of food into bits; To...
3Middle English-ingForms gerunds from verbs, typically referring to...
4Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
5Old English-tūnhomestead, village, town
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnomEvery word from Gaulish dunum