Where does “hachet” come from?

hachet (Middle English) comes from Old French hachete, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European kop- — to dig; to strike, to beat.

hachet (Middle English): A hatchet; a light axe or a tomahawk; A war axe

Definitions

  1. A hatchet; a light axe or a tomahawk; A war axe

Ancestry of “hachet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchhachetehatchet
2Old Frenchhacheaxe
3Vulgar Latin*happia—
4Frankishhappjaaxe, hatchet
5Proto-Germanic*hapjǭ—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat

Words derived from “hachet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kop- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ →Every word from Frankish happja →
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