hatchet
English
/ˈhætʃɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hachet derived from Old French hachete derived from Frankish *hapja derived from Proto-Germanic *hapjō derived from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (beat, strike, dig).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kop-
Gloss
beat, strike, dig
Concept
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acoptic English
- faced English
- fish English
- hatchetation English
- hatchetfaced English
- hatchetfish English
- hatchety English
- capo Latin
- capo, caponem Latin
- cāpō Latin
- Hippe German
- βωλοκόπος Ancient Greek
- κόμμα Ancient Greek
- κόπτω Ancient Greek
- ξυλοκόπος Ancient Greek
- ἀποκόπτω Ancient Greek
- ἀργυροκόπος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kop- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kop-, *(s)kep- Proto-Indo-European
- *kop- Proto-Indo-European
- *hapjō Proto-Germanic
- hache Middle English
- hachet Middle English
- hachete Old French
- شکافتن Persian
- hīpe Old High German
- *hapja Frankish
- *happja Frankish
- *tšapā Proto-Albanian