Where does “hacher” come from?

hacher (Middle French) comes from Old French hacher, 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.

hacher (Middle French): to chop up, mince

Definitions

  1. to chop up, mince

Ancestry of “hacher”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hacher”

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