Where does “hacha” come from?

hacha (Spanish) comes from French hache, from Middle French hache, 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.

hacha (Spanish): axe, hatchet; ace, wizard; a kind of torch or...

Definitions

  1. axe, hatchet; ace, wizard; a kind of torch or...

Ancestry of “hacha”, step by step

hacha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French hache

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhacheaxe; inflection of hacher: ## first/third-person...
2Middle Frenchhacheaxe
3Old Frenchhacheaxe
4Vulgar Latin*happia—
5Frankishhappjaaxe, hatchet
6Proto-Germanic*hapjǭ—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat

via Old Spanish facha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishfachaaxe
2Vulgar Latinfascla—
3Latinfascula—

Words derived from “hacha”

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