Where does “hatcheat” come from?

hatcheat (Yola) comes from Middle English hachet, from Old French hachete, 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.

hatcheat (Yola): hatchet

Definitions

  1. hatchet

Ancestry of “hatcheat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhachetA hatchet; a light axe or a tomahawk; A war axe
2Old Frenchhachetehatchet
3Old Frenchhacheaxe
4Vulgar Latin*happia—
5Frankishhappjaaxe, hatchet
6Proto-Germanic*hapjǭ—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kop- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ →Every word from Frankish happja →
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