Etymograph

English

hachereau

Hachereau comes from French hacher ‘to chop up, mince’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *keg-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keg-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hakkōną‘to chop’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*hakkōnreconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400hacher
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to chop up, mince’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1982hachereau

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keg-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hakkōną‘to chop’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*hakkōnreconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400hacher
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to chop up, mince’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1982hachereau

Earliest quotation: 1982, Jean Daigle, The Acadians of the Maritimes: thematic studies: “A "hachereau" or hatchet, sometimes served as a hammer.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *keg-

hacking, hacker, hake, 4 more

through Proto-Germanic *hakkōną ‘to chop’

hack, hock, haggle, 4 more

through Middle French hacher

hatch, 2 more

through French hacher ‘to chop up, mince’

hash, 2 more

Today it means

noun a cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keg- / hachereau

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