Where does “hacken” come from?

hacken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hackon, from Proto-West Germanic hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic hakkōną, from Proto-Indo-European keg- — peg; hook.

hacken (Middle Dutch): to hack, to chop; to delve, to dig

Definitions

  1. to hack, to chop; to delve, to dig

Ancestry of “hacken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhackon—
2Proto-West Germanichakkōnto hack, to chop
3Proto-GermanichakkōnąTo hack; chop; To hoe
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

Words derived from “hacken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg- →
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