English

hatchie

From hatch + -ie (suffix that forms diminutive nouns).

Formed from hatch + -ie

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

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Proto-West Germanic *haggju ‘hedge’

Proto-West Germanic *hakkju

Old English hæċ ‘a hatch (door)’

Middle English hacche ‘the bottom section of a Dutch door’

English hatch

Today it means

noun A dragon that has just emerged from its shell; a baby/young dragon; a hatchling.

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