"Hack" meaning in English

See Hack in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: * As a German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name Hacco, shortened from names derived from *hakkju (“enclosure, hedge”). * Also as a German and Dutch surname, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter, see Hacker. * As a north/Low German surname, variant of Haack. * Also as a north/Low German surname, variant of Heck. * Also as a north/Low German surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from hach, hack (“boggy water”). * As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Acke with a prosthetic H-, itself of North Germanic origin and a pet form of Old Norse Áskell, see Haskell. * Also as an English surname, from Middle Dutch Hakke, denasalized from Hanke, a West Flemish and Picard form of John. * Also as an English surname, from the Middle English adjective hak (“ruthless, unsparing”). * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish האַק (hak, “axe”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|non|Áskell}} Old Norse Áskell, {{der|en|dum|Hakke}} Middle Dutch Hakke, {{der|en|vls|-}} West Flemish, {{der|en|pcd|-}} Picard, {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|yi|האַק|t=axe}} Yiddish האַק (hak, “axe”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Hack
  1. A surname
    Sense id: en-Hack-en-name-iong5iVh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 47 32 9 8 1 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 41 11 8 1 1 2
     
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