Where does “האַק” come from?

האַק (Yiddish) comes 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.

האַק (Yiddish): axe

Definitions

  1. axe

Ancestry of “האַק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhacke—
2Middle High Germanhacken—
3Old High Germanhacchōn—
4Proto-West Germanichakkōnto hack, to chop
5Proto-GermanichakkōnąTo hack; chop; To hoe
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

Words derived from “האַק”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hakkōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hakkōn →