Where does “hagge” come from?

hagge (Middle English) comes from Swedish hekto, from Swedish hektogram.

Ancestry of “hagge”, step by step

hagge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish hekto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhektohectogram
2Swedishhektogram—

via Old English hægtesse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhægtessewitch, hag, Fury
2Proto-Germanic*hagatussjā—
Every word from Swedish hektogram →Every word from Swedish hekto →