Where does “hache” come from?

hache (Middle French) comes 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.

hache (Middle French): axe

Definitions

  1. axe

Ancestry of “hache”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hache”

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