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Reconstruction:Old English/hæccan

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxæt.t͡ʃɑn/, [ˈhæt.t͡ʃɑn]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hakkijan (to hack). Cognate with Old High German hecchen, hekken, hecken (to hack).

Verb

*hæċċan

  1. to hack
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • ofhæċċan
Descendants
  • Middle English: hacchen, hakken (merged with descendant of haccian)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *hakkjan or *hakkijan (to breed, hatch), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle High German hecken (to breed, hatch).

Alternative forms

  • *heċċan

Verb

*hæċċan

  1. to hatch
Conjugation
Descendants
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