Where does “hakjsen” come from?

hakjsen (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Hakjs, from Middle Low German hexe, from Old Saxon *hagatusia, from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā — witch.

hakjsen (Plautdietsch): to cast a spell

Definitions

  1. to cast a spell

Ancestry of “hakjsen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHakjswitch, sorceress
2Middle Low Germanhexe
3Old Saxon*hagatusia
4Proto-West Germanic*hagatussjāwitch

Words derived from “hakjsen

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjāEvery word from Old Saxon *hagatusiaEvery word from Middle Low German hexe