Etymograph

English

hatch

Hatch comes from Middle English hacche ‘the bottom section of a Dutch door’, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju ‘hedge’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- ‘to keep, enclose’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kagʰ-‘to keep, enclose’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kagʰyóm‘enclosure’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hagjō‘hedge’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haggju‘hedge’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*hakkjureconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150hæċ‘a hatch (door)’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hacche‘the bottom section of a Dutch door’
  8. Englishearliest quotation c. 1607–1608hatch

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kagʰ-‘to keep, enclose’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kagʰyóm‘enclosure’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hagjō‘hedge’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haggju‘hedge’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*hakkjureconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150hæċ‘a hatch (door)’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hacche‘the bottom section of a Dutch door’
  8. Englishearliest quotation c. 1607–1608hatch

Earliest quotation: c. 1607–1608, William Shakespeare, The Late: “'Twere not amiss to keep our door hatched.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- ‘to keep, enclose’

inchoate, 1 more

through Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm ‘enclosure’

quay

through Proto-West Germanic *haggju ‘hedge’

hedge

Another origin of hatch

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keg-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hakjaną‘to peck’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150*hæċċan‘to peck out’reconstructed
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hacche‘to propagate’
  5. Englishtodayhatch

Another origin of hatch

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keg-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hakkōną‘to chop’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*hakōnreconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400hacher‘to chop up, mince’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘to chop, slice up, incise with fine lines’
  6. Englishtodayhatch

Today it means

noun A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- / hatch

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