Where does “haka” come from?

haka (Polish) comes from German hacke, from Middle High German hacke, from Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic hakkōną, from Proto-Indo-European keg- — peg; hook.

haka (Polish): genitive singular of hak

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of hak

Ancestry of “haka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhackevery drunk; inflection of hacken: ## first-person...
2Middle High Germanhacke—
3Middle High Germanhacken—
4Old High Germanhacchōn—
5Proto-West Germanichakkōnto hack, to chop
6Proto-GermanichakkōnąTo hack; chop; To hoe
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hakkōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hakkōn →