haggis

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From Late Middle English hagis ("haggis"), from hag, haggen (from Old Norse hǫggva ("to hew")), or from hakken (from Old English hēawan ("to chop, hew; to dice, mince")), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- ("to hew; to beat, strike; to forge").
  • haggi + -s.

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