Where does “hachot” come from?
hachot (Norman) comes from Norman hache, from English hash, from French hacher, from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja — to dig; to strike, to beat.
hachot (Norman): cleaver
Ancestry of “hachot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norman | hache | axe; hash sign, number sign |
| 2 | English | hash | Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and... |
| 3 | French | hacher | to chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut... |
| 4 | Middle French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 5 | Old French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 6 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 8 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |