hakken
Middle English
/ˈhakən/
verb
Definitions
- To hack; to cut up or slice up coarsely or crudely.
- To make a movement as to hack; to make a rough strike.
- To dice; to hack into little bits.
- (rare) To divide a musical note.
- (rare) To gnash.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English *haccian (mince, hew, hack, chop, dice) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (chop, hack, hoe, hew).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hakkōną
Gloss
chop, hack, hoe, hew
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hacker English
- hackle English
- *keg- Proto-Indo-European
- *hakkōną Proto-Germanic
- *haccian Old English
- hæcla Old English
- hacken Middle English
- hackynge Middle English
- hakker Middle English
- hakle Middle English
- hǫggva Old Norse
- *hakkōn gmw-pro
- agu Estonian
- hakkama Estonian
- *hackon Old Dutch
- *hakkōn Frankish
- tohakia Old Frisian