Where does “hakkespett” come from?

hakkespett (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hakke, from Low German hacke.

hakkespett (Norwegian Bokmål): a woodpecker, bird of subfamily Picinae

Definitions

  1. a woodpecker, bird of subfamily Picinae

Ancestry of “hakkespett”, step by step

hakkespett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål hakke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhakkea pick, pickaxe or pickax
2Low Germanhacke—

via Norwegian Bokmål spett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålspett—
Every word from Low German hacke →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål hakke →